Raksha Bandhan , also Rakshabandhan , [2] or simply Rakhi , [3] is an annual festival observed on the Indian subcontinent and by many of its diaspora. [4] [5] The festival is celebrated by many Hindus, [5] Jains, [6] and Sikhs. [7] It is centred around the tying of a thread, talisman, or amulet on the wrist as a form of ritual protection. The ritualized protection against misfortune is principally between sisters and brothers but states Jack Goody, the ceremony also connotes "a symbol of mutual dependence and a mark of respect" between the brother and the sister. [8] [9] The protection rites are also observed on this day between women and their male relatives and brother-like friends, [4] priests and patrons, sometimes by individuals to real or potential benefactors.
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