#kutchi

[manija15]

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[floralfemmes]

every diaspora desi wedding has:

someone's white boyfriend who got drunk and put his tie around his head (new guy every time)

the auntie searching out everyone over 20 who doesn't have kids and demanding to know when they'll be having them

the anxious teenage lesbian

the Cool Uncle™️ who got drunk with the white boy

the branch of the family that speaks such a mash-up of languages/dialects that no one else knows wtf they're saying

white woman who has been talked into wearing ethnic clothing and is needlessly worried about it

close family member of one of the newlyweds openly talking shit about one or both of them (sometimes while giving a speech)

[blabbering-and-such]

lets eat at captain kutchies, their key lime pies are so good! their burgers are so good!

[letsgethaunted]

Welcome to Episode 187: Kutchie's Key Lime Pie, A Quirky Internet Mystery! Around 2009, a flurry of bizarre, copy-pasta-esque comments began appearing across the internet in droves. These strange comments referenced and now-defunct restaurant named Kutchie's Cafe which allegedly sold the best key lime pie in the world, a pie capable of giving people "piegasms", baked by "Captain Kutchie" himself. For the next 8 years, this unknown person posted over 700 comments from over 30 different usernames before one day just disappearing...leaving the public with no explanation for their off behavior. This user wold later become known as the "Key Lime Pie" poster, or simply "KLP", and the mystery he or she left behind would be cemented in the Internet Mystery hall of fame as the internet rabbit hole known as "Kutchie's Key Lime Pie". So, who was the KLP poster? Was he posting in code for military spies? Was he a disgruntled ex-employee, Captain Kutchie himself, an SEO botscript gone rogue, a troll, or something else entirely? Join Aly and Nat with special guests Tyler and Charlie of Believing the Bizarre as they attempt to unravel a zany mystery that is sure to turn your brain to mush.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 - Intro and Personal Hauntings

00:11:00 - Miracle Brand Ad

00:13:00 - PART 1: INTERNET RABBIT HOLES

00:26:15 - Better Help Ad

00:28:00 - PART II: KUTCHIE'S KEY LIME PIE

00:48:45 - Blissy Ad

00:50:55 - PART II CONTINUES

01:09:20 - Fum Ad

01:11:52 - PART II CONTINUES

01:26:28 - INTERVIEW WITH JUDD, FORMER PATRON OF KUTCHIE'S

01:33:42 - PART III: THE THEORIES

01:58:00 - Closing Credits

TikTok referenced in Part I: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREG45Xm/

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[evergreenbharat1]

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[craftcentres]

Ajarkh saree

[stormbornwitch]

Connecting with the Land ~ Australia

Most of the folklore about witches and the practice of witchcraft originates from Europe.

The idea of 'witchcraft' wasn't a thing here in Australia until Europeans brought it with them. However, Indigenous Australians (as far as my research and interviews with elders have gone) follow what Western society would describe as 'animist beliefs' and 'magic rituals' were common practices.

Modern perceptions of animism, particularly in the Western World, are quite negative and viewed as "something hippies believe in." This perception is primarily caused by ingrained racist ideologies stemming from a colonial past (i.e., in order to justify subjugating people, you have to believe you're better than them) which perpetuated beliefs in colonised countries of the "primitive savage" and the "enlightened colonist." That's also not even mentioning the demonising of indigenous beliefs by missionaries of Christianity...

I find it ironic that in Eastern countries like Japan, where Christianity was not historically allowed to spread (banned in 1580s and hundreds of Christians were cruicified), animist beliefs like Shinto are now seen (in the Western world) as cool and mystical, and all the tourists want to visit the shrines of local spirits when they visit...

I'm getting off track, but hopefully you see my point: it is really hard to connect with a land on a spiritual level that is not yours, and was stolen from its traditional custodians on both a physical and spiritual level. I was born here in Australia, and so were my parents, but my ancestry is Scottish and British. I feel torn between two worlds that are so dichotomous from one another...

So, how do I connect with the spirits of the land?

Slowly, and with permission and guidance from local elders because there is a disconnect. I don't speak the language of the land and The Dreaming or 'spirit world' that accompanies our physical one. It doesn't help that much of the local language of the Gubbi Gubbi was lost due to the Stolen Generations, but there are general rules of thumb to follow when working with the Land:

We are a part of the land, and the land is a part of us. We are born from it, and so like our mother, we must care for and protect it. If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you.

Everything is about balance - never take more than you need and always give back what you can to ensure that the land is cared for for the next generation.

Ask first. Everything has a spirit, and you must ask before you take anything (I.e. like a branch from a tree). Thank the spirit for its gift / sacrifice (especially important if you have killed something).

Our ancestors watch over us our whole lives both from The Dreaming and in the physical world in the form of a totem (normally a whole family is represented by one animal). They are our guide, and your family must never hunt/eat your family's totem animal. It is your job to protect that species.

Many of the local landmasses and animals are represented by powerful ancestor spirits or creator spirits. Mooroo-kutchi (meaning red-bill, the name of the spirit of the black swan and an aboriginal girl from The Dreaming who transformed into a black swan searching for the spirit of her beloved Coolum who was killed by Ninderry.)

Smoking ceremonies are usually conducted as part of a 'Welcome to Country'. Each mob has their own traditional plant they use for cleansing the area of bad spirits and promoting healing and protection of visitors, but most use a species of eucalyptus or gum. The ceremony invites you onto the physical land as a guest and asks the ancestor spirits of that mob to watch over and protect you while you're there.

Corroboree (storytelling gathering) ~ knowledge of the land and its spirits are told through song lines and dances, and using the traditional language helps to connect better with these spirits.

Thank you to the local Aunties and Uncles for teaching me these and so much more over the years!

*'Uncle' or 'Aunty' does not mean we're related. Here, it is used as a sign of respect that recognises the age, wisdom, and knowledge of aboriginal elders. Though it's recommended that non-Aboriginal people ask the elder how they would like to be referred to as normally, it's not considered appropriate to refer to them as such unless a strong relationship has been established.

[letsgethaunted]

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Welcome to the photo dump for Episode 187: Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie, A Quirky Internet Mystery feat. @believingthebizarre! Around 2009, a flurry of bizarre, copy pasta-esque comments began appearing across the internet in droves. These strange comments referenced a now-defunct restaurant named Kutchie’s Café which allegedly sold the best key lime pie in the world, a pie capable of giving people “piegasms”, baked by “Captain Kutchie” himself. For the next 8 years, this unknown person posted over 700 comments from over 30 different usernames before one day just disappearing…leaving the public with no explanation for their odd behavior. This user would later become known as the “Key Lime Pie” poster, or simply “KLP”, and the mystery he or she left behind would be cemented in the Internet Mystery hall of fame as the internet rabbit hole known as “Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie”. So, who was the KLP Poster? Was he posting in code for military spies? Was he a disgruntled ex-employee, Captain Kutchie himself, an SEO botscript gone rogue, a troll, or something else entirely? Join Aly and Nat with special guests Tyler and Charlie of Believing the Bizarre as they attempt to unravel a zany mystery that is sure to turn your brain to mush. IMAGE 01: Creepy cover art by Aly! IMAGE 02: More art by Aly! IMAGE 03: TikTok referenced in Part 1 about comment sections changing based on the viewer’s personal algorithm IMAGE 04: Google street view image of the building that once house Kutchie’s IMAGE 05: Roger RamJet (animated children’s series from the 1960s) IMAGE 06: Compilation of posts by the Key Lime Poster (KLP), Part 1 IMAGE 07: Compilation of posts by the Key Lime Poster (KLP), Part 1 IMAGE 08: Various newspaper ads for Kutchie’s, part 1 IMAGE 09: Various newspaper ads for Kutchie’s, part 2 IMAGE 10: Kutchie’s obituary, rest in peace <3

[teaah-art]

Gujarati Miku/ગુજરાતી મીકુ

Requested by @\i-am-a-megalodon

She is wearing a chaniya choli set with Kutchi Banni embroidery and mirror work. She is wearing traditional gujarati jewellery. Chaniya : The lower garment, cinched at the waist and flairs outwards

Choli : A blouse like upper garment that usually tied in the back.

Jewellery :

Kundan Butti : Gem encrusted ear ornament that loops behind the ear and is fastened to the hair.

Kandora : Waistband/kamarbandh

Kundan Bangdi : Gem encrusted bangles worn on the wrist

Patla : Chunky bracelet worn on the wrist

Kaliganthi : A necklace that is a composite of several amulets (dodi), strung together on a chain base.

I'm drawing a series of as many South Asian Mikus as I can! Here's the tenth one! Is there a South Asian Miku you would like to see? Feel free to request!

All South Asian Mikus

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[newsfromstolenland]

I don't really have a coherent thought about this but I've been thinking about how colonialism disconnects us from out cultures, decades or even centuries after it happens

like obviously there's the immediate forcible disconnection, often the more physically violent one. the bombs and guns and abuse and rape and religious conversion

what I've been thinking about today is how that cultural disconnect can intensify generations later

for example, colonialism heavily impacted my family (Indian on one side, Irish and Scottish on the other). the Irish and Scottish side of my family stopped speaking their native languages generations ago

but the Indian side of my family, I'm of the first generation to not be able to speak our native languages enough to hold a conversation

so when did that change? when they moved to a white colonial-dominated country.

it was my great-grandfather's generation of my family that left India for Tanzania, and while they learned Swahili to adapt, they still maintained their knowledge of Kutchi and Gujurati

I'm the first of my dad's family to be born in Canada. and I'm the first to not speak our languages.