Namaste everyone,
This Dashain festival, these Silver made Tikadani caught my attention for a reason. These are not just ornaments. These objects are valuable because of what they are. Each one belongs to different home, a different family and also as a chapter to someone's life.
This is my entry for #monomad challenge. I photographed various tikadani which shows its texture, imperfections and details that might go unnoticed if silver starts to shine.
You can see the fish-like shapes which are decorative but also carry a specific symbols like fertility, prosperity and good fortune according to Nepali community. These meanings are passed down through generations which makes so fascinating.
Usually, it will be kept safely in a box and only used during the family occasion where we put tika and jamara. If you want to know about tika and jamara here is my previous post.
These are the vessels to pour down the water also known as Kalash. Putting flower at its tips means that the pouring water is used for purity and purification and flower represent devotion and respect. You pour water to tika to make it wet and sticky in tikadani and then wear on your forehead.
Wearing tika with Dhakatopi (Nepali hat) with Nepali khukuri batch
These are passed usually from mother to a daughter. Yet, these remind that tradition doesn't always live in monuments or any museums but they also live in small things that families keep. These silver quietly carries the memories. There are various types of tikadani which families make based on the architecture and design. I will show you some of them that I clicked from different homes.
Zoom it for more texture
So, different homes, different memories and different piece of Silver.
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