Sankranti is the first day of a month and makar means capricornus. Makar Sankranti, thus, signify the period when the sun enters the part of the Zodiac which is symbolized by Capricounus. For Newars, it is the special day for taking ghee and a kind of refined molasses. People bask in the sunshine and massage their bodies with mustard oil. The newly wed brides as well as women without issues usually do not take ghee and molasses that day in their husbands’ residences and instead they go to their maternal houses.
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