Boiling milk tradition for prosperity during New Year.
Why do families let a clay pot of milk boil over the fire during the festival.
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Lighting the new hearth and boiling milk at the exact astrologically calculated auspicious time is a deeply symbolic beautiful ritual representing a completely fresh start and the arrival of prosperity for the household.
Families will physically build a temporary traditional wood fire stove even inside modern tiled kitchens specifically to boil a fresh clay pot of milk until it gracefully overflows cascading down the sides. This overflowing milk deeply signifies an abundance of wealth good health and overflowing joy for the entire family in the coming year.
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