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I can do better and even tell which district a Brahmin lady is from with a few clues from her kitchen and the terms she uses to describe the dishes. And how it
by jelliclesfarm 5y ago
I can do better and even tell which district a Brahmin lady is from with a few clues from her kitchen and the terms she uses to describe the dishes. And how it tastes. Cuisine is very regional.
Sometimes traditional attire/sari style and jewelry can indicate even the sub sect of Brahmins. Hair style(for weddings) and sari drape. We can tell from the design of the wedding chain/pendent(we don’t wear rings. Wedding chains are hidden behind clothes we wear and not publicly visible. In some families they add coral or gold beads for every child born for example.
Some Brahmin women stamp their arms with a religious symbol and only women who have that singed design can enter their kitchens. For example, I myself couldn’t enter some kitchens even though I am a Brahmin because I don’t have the symbol and hence don’t observe the same ritual purity as they do in their kitchens)
Every family has a unique design/stamp on their wedding jewelery..it’s rather broad but easy to join dots with other clues and very easy to map six degrees.
Accent even if we speak the same language, which festivals they observe and use of certain terms to describe food too.
But I can only tell for women/kitchen details. I don’t know about menfolk.
My aunt could tell where someone is from just by looking at the weave of their wedding sari …but that’s a generational thing, I guess..