MUKKU- DIP – JUNCTION- GIVEPRESSURE IN BODY In Malayalam and Tamil the word MUKKU has the same threemeanings- Dip, junction and giving pressure in body for relieving.
For getting brightnessin white clothes it is apractice to dip them in water added with powder or liquid blue. For gettingslight toughness to dhotis it is a practice to add a little starch in water andthen add blue and dhotis are dipped, squeezed and dried. Now we have readymadestarch- revive.Earlier we used to add starch-water from rice. On Saturdays I do recollect mymother keeping ready the drained Kanji for dipping my washed dhotis and shirts.It was practice to wash dhotis and shirts on Saturdays for going to school /college. Now all washing is with machine except some very costly/colourdraining items sometimes. Products like comfort is added for fragrance toclothes. Update- With covid 19 essentially Dettolor savlon are added in the washingmachine itself to kill germs if any during washing. For Amalgamation the specified metal item is dipped fully inthe other in the boiling liquid form for a specified time. and taken out anddried. I think the gold plating beforethe electrolysis period would have followed this procedure. Hence the gold covered itemswere called Mukku pandam. Dipping is not only in these forms- For preparing Bajji,Potato bonda and Pazhampori, the sized piece is dipped in to a batter made ofrequired items; Sometimes the word thoickkal is used for this in Tamil. At one time probably the institutions, shops etc used to bein a Junction area. Hence the names Aspathri mukku, Peedika mukku, Treasurary mukku, Kachheri mukku,and also Ampala mukku.Now the institutions are every where adequate space and facilities are there.On those days the Banks, market etc. used to be in junctions only. Hence theBank mukku, chanda mukku etc. Institutions were identified with mukku. In my home the buses used to stop near the Library.Hence Vayana sala mukku. When there is constipation and difficulty for naturalrelieving, people give a little pressure to move the waste. During naturaldelivery of infants, mothers are asked to exert pressure for infant easilycoming out in the Labour room. Mukkalum moolaum is a usage when a person expresses unhappinessor discontent depending on the occasion. Kaimukku was a process of punishment amongKerala Nampoothiries beforecenturies. It was executed by Iyer at Sucheendram temple making the suspectedto dip his hand in boiling ghee to prove his innocence. If his hand did not getboiled , he was considered not guilty. Writer- R. Gopala Krishna dated 24-7-2016.Reposted on 30-12-2020 afterediting and updating. R.Gopala krishnan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/724443933.4426559.1609286427899%40mail.yahoo.com.
