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Shagun

India

Een shagun is een traditionele handgemaakte Indiase wens- en geldrol. Zodra iemand in India een shagun ontvangt, is diegene uitgenodigd voor een huwelijk.

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Een shagun is een traditionele handgemaakte Indiase wens- en geldrol.

01 · What it is
Living Tradition

Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.

02 · Where & name
India

Placed on record in India.

03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.

04 · Proof & reuse
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What is Shagun in plain words?

Een shagun is een traditionele handgemaakte Indiase wens- en geldrol.

Where is Shagun practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Shagun in India.

What is the current condition of Shagun today?

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The tradition & historical record

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Een shagun is een traditionele handgemaakte Indiase wens- en geldrol. Zodra iemand in India een shagun ontvangt, is diegene uitgenodigd voor een huwelijk. De shagun met een huwelijkswens en een bijdrage voor de bruidsschat geeft men terug aan het bruidspaar op de bruiloft. De shagun wordt traditioneel met de hand gemaakt.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Shagun”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Shagun is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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