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(I think that:) the beige colored tassel is part of the banana flower that has been dried before maturity. I'm not sure what the other things are that hang on both sides of it, but I saw them used in other places around the country as decoration and I'm sure they have significance. My guess is that they are also part of either the banana or coconut tree.

Home Wedding Decoration

January 12th 2006
Prasanna and Santhana put up traditional decorations in their yard which announced to the neighborhood that an auspicious event was taking place in their home. (I'm not sure, but I don't think it's specific just to weddings, but to any "auspicious" event.) Side note: "Auspicious" is not really a word that I'm particularly familiar with, but it's used often in India. Looking it up in my the ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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