HINDUISM: house warming ceremony
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Oil lamp symbolising household.
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Pots representing God (coconut are heads).
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The wife garlands her husband.
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The priest starts sacrificial fire.
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General scene: Pots, couple, priest, sacificial fire.
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The priest starts sacrificial fire.
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The priest and the husband make offerings to the sacrificial fire.
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The priest and the husband make offerings to the sacrificial fire.
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The priest and the husband make offerings to the sacrificial fire.
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The priest and the husband make offerings to the sacrificial fire.
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The priest shares the remains (prasada) with the family.
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Evil spirits are chased.
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The priest blesses the couple.
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The priest blesses the family.
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The sacrificial fire.
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The house from outside.
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