{"id":53392,"date":"2015-03-29T01:14:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T20:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=53392"},"modified":"2015-03-29T01:37:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T20:37:58","slug":"chilimchi-masharba-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2015\/03\/29\/chilimchi-masharba-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilimchi-Masharba Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roshan Bano <\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you remember \u201cChilimchi<\/em> and Masharba<\/em>\u201d?<\/p>\n

A decade or a bit longer than a decade back \u201cChilimchi and\u00a0 Masharba\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 were as much part\u00a0 as other utensils like mug, soup box etc.!<\/p>\n

\"Capture\"<\/a>Chilimchi:\u00a0 a portable sink\/wash basin for collecting the water drained during washing hands; a container with outwardly rims and attached lid with holes on it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Masharba:\u00a0 is a narrow necked, rounded base container with stout to pour water; exclusively for hand washing, face washing and wazoo.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you that the Chilmchi and Masharba themselves as utensils may not be nostalgic but the way Hand-Wash to have meals used to be carried out is a lot more nostalgic. It used to be an interactive and collective activity rather than an individual and isolated activity as is it done nowadays.<\/p>\n

The youngest in family (if mature enough) was expected, rather supposed, to facilitate the family members \/guests in washing their hands. Holding Masharba in one hand (mostly in right hand except if you are lefty) and chilimchi in another hand, sometimes towel on shoulder.<\/p>\n

It starts like this:<\/p>\n

You place the chilimchi in front\u00a0 of the person about wash hand\u00a0 ,he\/she\u00a0 bring\u00a0 hands forward over the chilimchi ,you start pouring water , he\/she\u00a0 starts\u00a0 to wash hand , you pour water till the person is done with washing hand ,\u00a0 when the person is done with washing hands ,he\/she extends prayers and wishes in return for your this service. If you were a girl prayers and wishes were-<\/p>\n

Shuwa haanay daman gomanas- May you get married to a nice home and rule there.<\/p>\n

Shuwa merarerun- May we get a nice son in law and many more wishes and prayers<\/p>\n

If you were a boy prayers and wishes for you were:<\/p>\n

Tha oo tha opi-\u00a0 \u00a0may you have extended progeny\/ offspring<\/p>\n

Galtasay guxaqarin- may you have extended progeny \/offspring\u00a0\u00a0 and many more wishes and prayers<\/p>\n

You keep moving while they washing hand till the chilimchi fills in to the rim.\u00a0 You take it out and empty and return to resume your task until everyone is done with hand wash.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Some soft and kind hearted folks wash hands hurriedly to spare u early, the naughty ones intentionally taking longer to tease, irritate you. While the indifferent ones busy in ongoing chat don\u2019t even realize and kept wriggling their hands till you inform to them that they are done with hand wash.<\/p>\n

If I am not wrong, now they are obsolete or at least rare!\u00a0 Water tap and sink have replaced the Chilimchi-Masharba! Undoubtly later is more hygienic, efficient, less time consuming and easy. Thanks to technological advancement.<\/p>\n

Apart from nostalgic remembrance the existence of Chiimchi -Masharba, their use, the way they were used tells a lot about our culture.<\/p>\n

Hand Wash before having meal is a practice associated with developed, advanced, urbanized, modern,\u00a0 ,educated and cleanliness- conscious people!<\/p>\n

Luckily this practice did exist in our culture even when we were not literate, not modern, not urbanized! Hand wash was a must\u00a0 practice before having meal- be it routine meals (lunch and dinner) at home or refreshments, banquets and feasts in ceremonies\/invitations; Just any meal at any occasion .<\/p>\n

Existence of specific utensils namely Chilimchi and Masharba available to be used exclusively for Hand- Washing implies that Hand-Wash was rather an institutionalized, essential and must practice.<\/p>\n

And of course like any other part of your material culture\u00a0 Chilimchi \u2013Masharba\u00a0 and their use is\u00a0\u00a0 also embedded and governed with societal values and norms .The rules governed this activity of hand wash show us\u00a0 the many societal norms and values, preferences, attitudes of our culture.<\/p>\n

Prayers and wishes extended for girls and boys differently shows underlying attitudes towards gender roles. \u00a0Let\u2019s keep this aspect for some other day!<\/p>\n

Note: the wishes or prayers are in Brushaski Language with their English translation.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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