Received Favors at an Indian Baby Shower, Any Meaning?
Posted by junkgurl in Junk Silver Coin FAQ, tags: baby, favors, Indian, meaning, received, showerQuestion by Joanie K: Received favors at an Indian baby shower, any meaning?
I just attended a baby shower for an Indian couple. At the end the mother-to-be gave me a bag of favors. I was wondering if there was any meaning or symbolism behind the gifts, they were:
-a banana
-a large leaf of some sort
-yellow snack mix
-a silver coin in a pouch (not sure if it's a rupee or not)
-two pieces of sweet stuff/dessert
-some sort of a crushed up nut, very hard and not eatable, I tried 
Thank you to anyone that answers!
One additional note, it was a Hindu Indian couple.
Best answer:
Answer by 69Cherokee
I am not sure that there is any specific meaning to the items you got. However, for the last year, I have been attending a monthly "moon ceremony" with a local cherokee tribe. They refer it to as their version of a church. When it is someone's birthday in that group, that individual brings a small gift similar to the above items, or some other small trinket such as beads and gives everyone something. According to them, it is the Native American tradition that when it is someone's birthday, they do not receive gifts, but instead give gifts to everyone else.
If by "Indian" you do not mean Native American, but "Indian" from another country, then, I do not know, but could be of similar meaning / tradition.
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