Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

44 Kaṅgan-sirāī² [Paramaribo, 1967]

tor khicariya mor khicariya ekai mę milā̈o re
tor dādā³ mor dīdī³ ekai lag sutā̈o re

Your khicṛī (rice mess) and my khicṛī - mix these in one.
Your (elder)³ brother and my (elder) sister³ - make them sleep together.

2 See de Klerk on kaṅganmokṣan ('51: 185). When, after spending a few days the bride returns to her parental home, the ceremonial bangles (de Klerk, '51: 143) which were tied around her wrists are loosened, also the māṛo is broken, the deities and the ancestral spirits are given leave, visarjana.

3 The song continues long by repetition, the words dādā (elder brother) and dīdī (elder sister) replaced by other relations. Cp. this song with 28B.