For the blessing ceremony, the Tika is made from a mixture of vermillion powder, rice and yoghurt. Each elder person sticks the Tika on the younger person’s forehead three times (some of it always falls off!), wishing them all the best for the coming year. They also put the cut Jamara shoots and bebri in the person’s hair (ladies) or behind their ears (men). Then they give gifts of fruit and money.