...."Kiri Amma" Alms Giving at Home....
By Amanda
@amandajay (23264)
New Zealand
March 12, 2017 12:13pm CST
We had this special event at our place on saturday morning... 3.30am.
"Kiri Amma Dhana" is a traditional event which people arrange in their homes to give blessings for their kids.
For that we invite 7( or multiples of 7 ) mothers(there are groups of people who are attending these events).... They should have given birth to at least one child and the periods should have been stopped for them...thats the condition for people whos willing to join this event.
Those ladies visit our homes with the statue of "Goddess Pattini" (patron goddess of fertility and health), and they pray for kids and others in the family.
We offer special foods for them. Milk rice, Oil cakes, Kiriya, Banana and many more...and also offer some special gifts after the prayers.
If you wanna know more about this, please click the link.
When a Sri Lankan pregnant mother reaches her due dates, she/ her family member settles a "Panduru." (Panduru- a purified coin is tied in a ...
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
14 Mar 17
Buddhism means lord budhdha... Not gods n goddess... But we do worship gods as well
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
15 Mar 17
@syeow1 we only follow buddha but we worship gods
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@syeow1 (5136)
• India
14 Mar 17
@amandajay oh ...I think you only follow buddah peace upon him
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
21 Mar 17
Very nice culture event. That is early though :)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Mar 17
@amandajay yes it is very nice.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
22 Mar 17
Yes it was a nice cultural event. Some people do this once a year
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
13 Mar 17
Oh yes.. Picture taken by me, when they give blessings
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
12 Mar 17
Yes... It was a good time... You can learn about many customs here
