SHEERI THE VILLAGE BELLE AND THE VILLAGE COURTESAN
SHEERI THE VILLAGE BELLE AND VILLAGE COURTESAN
Our village had a village favourite and a village courtesan. She used to offer her favours to Gents of her choice . This did not exclude any of the so called high caste people. One cannot call her as a prostitute as her favours were limited to really handsome men . Her main business was to go to the weekly market nearby and select very good he buffalo calves using her instinct and experience, rare them and use it for stud purposes. Usually the he buffalo calves were sold for a very cheap rate during those periods.. For this stud service she used to be paid quite well as her experience in purchasing her studs were well known. She never got attached to any one individual and was a sort of a free lancer though in later life when she became old she became a second wife of one Kareema who treated her well. Sheeri did not have any issues and was quite rich.She treated the children of Kareema as her own. She was given permission to discipline the children of Kareema’s first wife if they misbehaved.. The first wife also used to treat Sheeri as her own sister and they were living under a single roof.
In every family there will be some Prodigal son.
In Nadipuram family also there was a prodigal son.. He got married very early and after he got a daughter his wife died. Even though he was young and could have married for the second time after the death of his first wife he refused to marry. As the family of Nadipuram was a joint family bringing up the daughter of this prodigal son was not difficult. Some how Sheeri took a fancy to this Gentleman and the love was reciprocal.
Sheeri never ever asked this person for any favours and in fact to give him money for his personal use. This person was like a wrestler and had handsome features.
When the daughter of this gentleman grew up and was to be married Sheeri sold one of her prized He buffalos and got the gold Thali made from the Gold smith of Krishnapuram nearby . This she brought to the house of Nadipuram’s in a winnow( a sort of cane tray) with coconut betel leaves and betel nut and one silver coin . she prssented to the eldest lady of Nadipuram household and requested her to use this thali for the marriage of the girl. She also said that though she belongs to a lower caste still she treats this girl as her own so this present to the girl from her adoped mother!!! The ladies of the house did not know as what to do, after much discussion and deliberations they accepted the offer.. During marriage she was invited to see the thali tying ceremony from the main door though she was not invited into the house. she was also given coconut beetle leaves and beetle nut . she was asked to come after the dinner of all invitees were over and she was given all the delicacies prepared for the marriage,
Sheeri is no more and the lady who got the thali is no more. This lady ‘s progeny is there and they are flourishing like anything. Whenever I used to see the thali of this lady (who was incidentally a distance cousin sister of mine) I used to remember Sheeri.
I do not know as to what I can deduct fromm the above story.
I came to know about this from the talks of eldrs of Nadipuram village belonging to Sheeri community who were proud of her.
Our village had a village favourite and a village courtesan. She used to offer her favours to Gents of her choice . This did not exclude any of the so called high caste people. One cannot call her as a prostitute as her favours were limited to really handsome men . Her main business was to go to the weekly market nearby and select very good he buffalo calves using her instinct and experience, rare them and use it for stud purposes. Usually the he buffalo calves were sold for a very cheap rate during those periods.. For this stud service she used to be paid quite well as her experience in purchasing her studs were well known. She never got attached to any one individual and was a sort of a free lancer though in later life when she became old she became a second wife of one Kareema who treated her well. Sheeri did not have any issues and was quite rich.She treated the children of Kareema as her own. She was given permission to discipline the children of Kareema’s first wife if they misbehaved.. The first wife also used to treat Sheeri as her own sister and they were living under a single roof.
In every family there will be some Prodigal son.
In Nadipuram family also there was a prodigal son.. He got married very early and after he got a daughter his wife died. Even though he was young and could have married for the second time after the death of his first wife he refused to marry. As the family of Nadipuram was a joint family bringing up the daughter of this prodigal son was not difficult. Some how Sheeri took a fancy to this Gentleman and the love was reciprocal.
Sheeri never ever asked this person for any favours and in fact to give him money for his personal use. This person was like a wrestler and had handsome features.
When the daughter of this gentleman grew up and was to be married Sheeri sold one of her prized He buffalos and got the gold Thali made from the Gold smith of Krishnapuram nearby . This she brought to the house of Nadipuram’s in a winnow( a sort of cane tray) with coconut betel leaves and betel nut and one silver coin . she prssented to the eldest lady of Nadipuram household and requested her to use this thali for the marriage of the girl. She also said that though she belongs to a lower caste still she treats this girl as her own so this present to the girl from her adoped mother!!! The ladies of the house did not know as what to do, after much discussion and deliberations they accepted the offer.. During marriage she was invited to see the thali tying ceremony from the main door though she was not invited into the house. she was also given coconut beetle leaves and beetle nut . she was asked to come after the dinner of all invitees were over and she was given all the delicacies prepared for the marriage,
Sheeri is no more and the lady who got the thali is no more. This lady ‘s progeny is there and they are flourishing like anything. Whenever I used to see the thali of this lady (who was incidentally a distance cousin sister of mine) I used to remember Sheeri.
I do not know as to what I can deduct fromm the above story.
I came to know about this from the talks of eldrs of Nadipuram village belonging to Sheeri community who were proud of her.
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