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Saturday, 30 July 2016

Agananuru 136

Ancient marriage ceremony is depicted in this poem. Food with lamb fry was served to guests invited for the marriage ceremony. After the feast they erected the pillar to make new thatched shed for the function. They watched bird-omen for the purpose. That day of ceremony the climate favors. It is the full-moon day which was believed the Moon God got his Goddess Urogini’s union. The marriage ceremony was performed with band music. Elders hailed the wedding couples in person before they took leave.
The hero says: I garlanded her that was made joining with three flower materials, Vagai flower, Arugam grass and Mullai flowers. The ceremonial stage is filled with new wed sand. She was sweat during the ceremony. After removing her sweat, elderly women gave her to me for the first-night.
I removed her dress saying; please let your thigh to dry sweating in the wind. She glimmered as a sward removed from its cover. She bends her head in shame hiding her bar-body in her hairs-in-head.
Vagai flower

Mullai flower

Arugam grass
A poem by: Vitrutru Mudeyinanar
The text is belongs to second century B.C. or earlier.


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