We would begin praying and sprinkling these rather ordinary implements with yellowturmeric powder, red roli powder, grains of rice, holy water, and flower petals.
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Anyone who has seen Indian food being prepared has watched the blending of green and red chilies, black peppercorns and yellowturmeric into a particular curry.
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After Mau, at 18, was made a palu or initiated navigator, hung with garlands and showered with yellowturmeric to show the knowledge he had gained, no other Pacific islander was initiated for 39 years.