KURI (IDENTIFYING MARK) Dear friends,
I was listening to a Malayalam film song- ThangabhasmaKuriyitta Thamburatti, ninte…On listening many meanings of the word came to me.I thought of writing about a few of them. Gopalakrishnan 23-7-23 What is kuri? General Meaning of Kuri is a mark to identify. It isalso used to mean a small chit fund. Something to remember is also told as makea kuri in the memory. 1. Kuri afterbath Hindu men mark a kuri in the forehead using holy ashor sandal wood paste or Tirumann. After visiting the temple the prasadamoffered may contain holy ash, sandal wood paste, kumkum etc. Sandal wood pasteis worn by many young women in addition to sindur in forehead. Smarthas weareither holy ash or sandal wood paste. There are many smarthas wearing sandalwood paste with kumkum in the centre. Especially in Kerala even in saivitetemple sandal wood paste is given as prasadam. In most of the Ganapathi templealso sandal wood paste is given. In vaishnavite temples only sandal wood paste is given. Nowadays many keep prayers at home and either holy ashor sandal wood paste is worn. Going to temples is occasional. While many make holy ash as paste and worn, some wear justlike that. Women mostly go for sindur. Old women wear sandal wood paste/ holy ash also. Widowed women avoid using sindur. Either taken bath ornot, after washing face Brahmin men wear holy ash/ sandal wood fresh beforeperforming sandhya. 2 Kuri foridentification On those days dhobis used to collect old clothes forwashing, ironing and return. Now rarely we can see dhobi shops, on calling byphone they collect clothes for washing and ironing. Dry washing clothes aremostly given. They used to keep a mark on cloth in olden days. Now they mark amark on the bags given with clothes. 3 Dubba valasof Mumbai I have recently also read, the system still continues,they mark specific marks for each family. Though lakhs of meals containers arecarried, it is a wonder exchange between meals carriers are rare, 4 Towels in thefamily. If the same colour towels are used by family members,a specified mark is provided by each member for the identification. Nowadays different colour towels are selected for eachfamily member. Colour towels are more preferred in Chennai, while Kerala peopleprefer white towels. 5 Marks byshops Nowadays LED tubes, bulbs are given with warranty of oneyear. In addition to bill most shops identify by their marks and date providedby them. 99% LED Bubs and tubes never fail during warranty replacementperiod. 6.Diary Those writing diary make special marks on pages whichare more important like paying bills, purchasing costly items etc. 7. Jewelleryshops All jewellery shops make specific mark in a convenientpoint of the ornaments which cannot be easily seen. On purchasing newornaments, the shops give full value to their ornaments. 8 Banks Banks use specified colour/ colours to identify themfrom distance. Each bank use specified colours for identify their offices, ATMsetc. -- 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/1970548716.2766417.1690123677115%40mail.yahoo.com.
