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Pinakoti! The wooden kneading trough!

Pinakoti was an accessory (usually wooden and narrow) for traditional bread making process. It usually had many partitions, one for each bread!

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How they made bread (many years ago)

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A piece of bread that was stored from last week is made with water and flour, so that it becomes a gritty slurry.

They left it wrapped in a woolen blanket all night. With this piece, in the morning next day the bread is kneaded, and it is covered with the blanket again and left to ascend. Then they were holding a piece to make bread next week. With the rest, they made 3-4 large breads(as well as the pinakoti), which was covered with well-frosted cotton towels.

When the bread was ready, they went to the oven. There was the wood-burning oven, and when the oven was heated, they put the bread with a wooden shovel!

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Charms!

Attracting fortune is also a habit of people of all time. They used and still use multiple ways to win their favor. Charm means good omen, the “magical” object that can bring luck. Every new year, for example, people want to attract it by buying and offering “charms”.

Stubborn is called an object mainly of unusual shape or color, which contains various materials such as incense, beads, flowers, stones, minerals, etc.

Charm is an object made like amulet, but in order to attract the luck or good outcome of a particular case.

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Fluorite: the color of which is considered to eliminate the gruesome. Its silver or gold and generally glossy color, acts as a counterbalance. His strength from the bread, which was kneaded and baked with him, is fertile to the estates of the house. His “Cross”, if it is a Constantine, gives divine protection. It brings happiness to whoever holds it or to those who have a relationship with him.

Pomegranate: Symbol of fertility, abundance and good fortune

For thousands of years, pomegranate has been seen by many peoples and cultures as a symbol of fertility, abundance and good fortune. The ancient Greeks before living in a new house broke a pomegranate on the doorstep, which we do even today.

Petal: The petal is considered a symbol of happiness and precaution from the evil eye. On delivery, it must be hung behind the door with the opening upwards. The horseshoe brings good luck, as long as one finds it random and has seven holes: four on one side and three on each other

Especially the days of Christmas and New Year are full of glories to attract good fortune. Some of the charms that have prevailed to be regarded as exacerbating evil and attracting good luck are pomegranate, the horseshoe, the precious and semi-precious stones, the blue beads…

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