Friday, August 23, 2013

Child Being Weighed on the Tolabar Haji Malang


When a couple ask for a child , as a wish from the Holy Saint of Haji Malang , and when it is fulfilled they bring the child to the Shrine , but before that they have him weighed and his weigh equivalent in jaggery or coconut is presented to the Dargah to be given to the poor ..

The ritual of weighing the child is called Tolabar ,, and the wish is called Mannat ..

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