[Reader-list] Ritual of eating ashes

[Raheema Begum]

Apologies,
I did'nt know this had already been discussed at Sarai.
:)

Raheema.

On 9/13/07, Raheema Begum <theunderscoredhood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This mail triggered off something.
>
> One State Solution Week. Political term Update 2.
> Locusts Stand I.<http://raahi.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/one-state-solution-week-political-term-update-2/>
>
> Best,
> Raheema.
>
> On 9/12/07, Ayona Datta < ayonadatta at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Readers,
> >
> > Does anyone know about the ritual of eating ashes? I recently
> > encountered this when someone ate the ashes from an incense pot after
> > finishing her prayers. Having never seen this before, I am wondering if
> > someone can shed light on this. Is this something connected to religion,
> > caste, ethnicity etc? or was this a one-off? Sorry for my ignorance, but I
> > would appreciate some help on this to understand some of my research
> > experiences.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> > Ayona
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