Reading a novel written in perspective of Palestine. The characters, who become refugee, kept on remembering their homes and things they had in their homes. Writer specially mentions attachment of these refugees with trees of Zaitoon and Teen (olive and figs).
There used to be a lesson in our primary classes about Ummayad prince Add-ar-Rehman Addakhil about his longing for date trees in Andlus(Spain).
So, are their any trees important in your culture?
While living away from your homeland, have you ever missed any tree?
Are there any childhood memories attached with trees and plants?
Tulsi - Hindus have their in their courtyard
peepal = Hindus worship this tree
bargad = Budhha is said to have attained spirituality under this tree
neem - in almost every moHalla in India...known for it's antiseptic properties
Bela - in almost every other home in my village. loved the smell of early morning bloom
i've a story about the peepal tree. it's not a good one though. since my village is 99.9% Muslim and there was a village next door which is still 100% Hindus...they used to plant peepal tree between these two villages. and we as kids used to go around and uproot the newly planted trees. no adult told us to do that and after every such uprooting, our parents would receive complaints and we used to get scolded every time.
i admit it is a bad thing to do but those were our childhood days. hardly ever saw anything wrong with it...but now i do and regret what i did with other kids.
I heard in bollywood movies, that a soul (aatma the bad one) stays on peepal tree. is it also believed in real life or just a myth created by bollywood?
I heard in bollywood movies, that a soul (aatma the bad one) stays on peepal tree. is it also believed in real life or just a myth created by bollywood?
it's NOT just in Bollywood...it's generally considered as such because in olden days, when vultures ruled the Indian lands, these vultures would swoop down on a carcass and they would rest in those trees between feedings. 'vulture on trees' is a bad omen and it represents 'death N destruction'
in one of the threads, i had mentioned this about scaring unsuspecting passersby by jumping over them [when they arrived right under the tree] from the tree...that tree was always a peepal tree. lol
okay, so why they put 'Tulsi' in courtyard... Symbolically, does that represent guard?
it's a sacred plant in Hinduism as it represents the manifestation of goddess Tulsi. it's grown in homes for religious and medicinal values. the leaves are said to be good for diabetes etc. it's leaves are used in Hindu rituals.
it's a sacred plant in Hinduism as it represents the manifestation of goddess Tulsi. it's grown in homes for religious and medicinal values. the leaves are said to be good for diabetes etc. it's leaves are used in Hindu rituals.
yes, I think they put a leave in the mouth of dying person as well.
jo Haisiyat Khajoor ko Islam meN hai vaise hii Tulsi kii HinduoN meN hai…jaise aab-e-zamzam kii manzilat musalmaanoN meN hai [Saudi Arab meN to na hogii kiuN k vahaN to aab-e-zamzam se nahaate aur kapRe dhote haiN aur hamaare mulkoN meN shifaa ke liye aur marte huye insaanoN ke muNh meN Tapkaate haiN] vohii qadr o qeemat Ganga Jal [aab-e-Gangaa] kii Hinduism meN hai.
In Punjabi culture Dhraik (Neem) is associated with girls because it grows quickly, and the likeness of a Mango tree is that of boys because it grows slowly like boys.
In Punjabi culture Dhraik (Neem) is associated with girls because it grows quickly, and the likeness of a Mango tree is that of boys because it grows slowly like boys.
oh, so dhraik is neem. I read that 'dhraik' in Mustansar Hussain TaraR's novel 'Khas o Khashak Zamane' and have difficulty to perceive the background of parts where dhraik was mentioned, as I didn't know which tree it was.
many child hood memories with trees :hinna: