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Happy Raksha Bandhan!

Today is one of my favorite holidays! It's called Raksha Bandhan (or also known as the brother-sister holiday :) It's a really sweet holiday :) On this holiday, sisters tie Rakhis (pronounced rockys) on their brother's wrists to symbolize love and friendship between each other. The Rakhi (as seen in the pic above) is just a simple bracelet (that always seem to look pretty feminine :))... you don't just tie it on your biological brothers, but people in your life that are like brothers to you :)

All day we've had people coming by, visiting, sharing sweets and we've been tying bracelets on each other :)
We had a lot of kids in our house today :) The kid's rakhis are fun... they're kinda like big gaudy stuffed animals on their wrists :) You can sorta see them in the pic below :)
It was a fun day of hanging out with our "brothers & sisters" :) It's fun that we really feel like these people are our brothers and sisters :)
To learn more about this holiday, click on this link: http://www.raksha-bandhan.com/

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The Agarwals said…
Rahul just got one of these in the mail from one of his cousins! How fun! And that little boy in the yellow and brown- he is gorgeous!!!!!!
8:51 PM
Anonymous said…
What a fun way to express love and appreciation.
9:10 PM
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