Re:the *powder

do you mean the lovely red powder that is the basis for the 'dot' that married women wear?

the i don't know the name either, but its made from tummeric, that has been cooked/processed with an alkali.
(i know that thanks to AMHN- an exitibit on 'hinduism, aspects of god'!) the alkali turns the tumeric red!

what is the word for tumeric? (the yellow ocher spice made from the ground roots of a tuber?)


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