Celebrating Sowing and Ploughing Days with Bread and Butter
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In our old times, during [late] winter season when farming activities began, the first thing we did was collecting and drying animal dung. Thereafter, on a designated day, people would gather to spread the animal dung in the fields, a practice called buway in Shina. During this buway event, people would come together and transport the animal dung from the livestock area to the fields using donkeys. Afterwards, the household where the work was being done would host a feast meal for all the helpers. This meal typically included a thin bread made by mixing eggs into the dough and kneading it with water goli and cooked dry meat, which everyone would enjoy together. The next day was dedicated to seed sowing and ploughing, where everyone would gather in the fields again. Women would bring bread with butter ishpiree from home to distribute it among the people. When the oxen were brought to plough the fields, they were also fed ishpiree and had a little butter smeared on their horns before starting the ploughing. On this day, when leaving the house, a small amount of flour would be taken out as an offering for charity, and a bit of the flour would be sprinkled on the back and head of the person who carried the seed bag from home to the fields.
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