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After the pre-build rituals

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:48 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
The stem-post timber following the pre-build rituals. Here all the offerings can be seen, including flowers, leaves, paddy-banana-sweet paste, danadar (a sweet made of milk product) and a red auspicious thread is tied around the stem head.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-11

Unique ID

2022SG04-R01-1240

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