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  2. Red string (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia

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    The red string itself is usually made from thin scarlet wool thread. It is worn as a bracelet or band on the wrist of the wearer. The red string was worn in many cultures and not founded solely in Jewish culture. Hinduism and Chinese culture has also worn this red string or bracelet for luck, love and to ward off evil.

  3. Kautuka - Wikipedia

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    A red colored kautuka is visible on the neck of the vessel. A pratisara or kautuka serves a ritual role in Hinduism, and is tied by the priest or oldest family member on the wrist of a devotee, patron, loved one or around items such as kalasha or lota (vessel) for a rite-of-passage or yajna ritual. [2] [6] It is the woven thread in the pooja ...

  4. Red thread of fate - Wikipedia

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    One story featuring the red thread of fate involves a young boy. Walking home one night, a young boy sees an old man (Yue Lao) standing beneath the moonlight. The man explains to the boy that he is attached to his destined wife by a red thread. Yue Lao shows the boy the young girl who is destined to be his wife.

  5. Baci - Wikipedia

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    Baci is a phi ritual used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming or bidding etc. [1] The ritual of the baci involves tying strings around a person's wrist to preserve good luck, and has become a national custom. [3] [5]

  6. Red string - Wikipedia

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    Red string may be: Red string (Kabbalah), a thin red string worn to ward off misfortune; Kalava, the sacred Hindu red string; Red String, a manga-style webcomic; Red thread of fate, an East Asian belief similar to the concept of a soulmate; The Red String (documentary) a documentary film about four Chinese-born girls and their adopted families

  7. Bracelet - Wikipedia

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    Artifacts, including a bracelet, excavated in the cave at the same level were carbon dated to around 40,000 BP. In Bulgaria, there is a tradition called martenitsa, which sometimes involves tying a red and white string around the wrist to please Baba Marta in order for spring to come sooner.

  8. Why you should probably stop wearing hair ties around your wrist

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    A common issue with hair ties is the dent around your wrist; but after hearing about hair ties giving skin infections, bigger problems might be waiting.

  9. Raksha Bandhan - Wikipedia

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    The girls and women tie rakhi on their brother's wrist, as elsewhere. [45] [46] In many regions of North India, it is a common practice to fly kites on the nearby occasions of Janamashtami and Raksha Bandhan. The locals buy kilometres of strong kite string, commonly called gattu door in the local language, along with a multitude of kites.