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It is a custom to swab the area around the (much-revered by Hindus) tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) plant in a circular manner daily (sometimes even twice or thrice a day). The tulsi is also a medicinal plant of great value, in India. Swabbing floor of the rooms and courtyards using mud and cow dung is common in Manipur state of North Eastern India. But this practice is no longer prevalent in houses with concrete floors. Manipuris have a specific way of building houses. A typical Manipuri (Meitei) house has a verendah called 'mangol' where the right side is reserved for the oldest member of the family or clan. No women even of the family except the oldest female member is allowed to sit there. Then, climbing down the 'dhhari' the edge of the 'mangol' there's the courtyard called shumang in Manipuri
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