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Rytasha Ramrachia
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This is an email sent from a father to the principal of his Daughters School.
RE: NOSE RING (PHULI) WORN BY RYTASHA & URAYSHA RAMRACHIA
The phuli (Nose Ring) worn by my daughters, Rytasha and Uraysha, is not an adornment or a fashion accessory, but a very sacred ritual followed by my mother and her mother before her, and so on. I am not sure about the local customs, but in my homeland of Mauritius, the phuli is significant for a girl who has come of age, and is a ritual for the worship of MOTHER SARASWATI (the goddess of Learning)
In our belief, there are seven chakras in the body, and the fifth chakra (adi-chakra), representative of expression and reception is found in the general region of the face, where four of the five senses are located. The adi-chi (the energy that flows from this chakra), is housed in the nose, thus the pranyama (or the yoga of breathing) is also related to Mother saraswati.
Bejewling the left nostril helps us pay homage to this deity and to enhance the positive energies latent in this area.
This is an age-old practice that is carried out very religiously in my Mauritian/Hindu culture. My daughters are brought up respecting these beliefs and as you can see by their general conduct in school, they do not view the Phuli as a fashion adornment, as Westerners do, (hence they themselves voluntarily reporting to you early on Monday morning), but rather as symbolic as the scarf worn by the Muslim school girls, the scarring of the face in the Pondo culture, the wearing of the skull-cap by the Jewish children, the compulsory wearing of an earring by Hindi-speaking male children who have undergone the "JANAW-SANSKAR" or initiation ceremony, the wearing of chains with crosses by Christian children, etc, etc. -it is unfortunate however, that the nose ring cannot be concealed by a garment!
We are living in a multi-faceted cultural environment where one needs to be tolerant and respectful of each other's religious beliefs and cultural rituals. I am sure that you, like me, would want my daughters to grow up proud of their rich cultural heritage and not view it as something to be ashamed of, or to be used on weekends only.
After all, the Goddess Saraswathi which they are paying homage to is the Goddess of Learning, Education and Right Conduct!
Trusting that you will be sensitive to this issue.
Sincerely yours,
Raj Ramrachia
Residence : The shirdi
Six Stanhope Crescent
Westville
3630
Durban
South Africa
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