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Why do the Dashain tika of Mongols and Aryas differ in color?

Why do the Dashain tika of Mongols and Aryas differ in color?

The ‘tika’ we put on our foreheads during Dashain are of different colors. The Khas-Aryas put red tika covering their whole foreheads whereas Magars, Gurungs, Rais, Limbus, Tamangs  and Newars among other Janajatis (tribes) put white colored ones. According to Jagaman Gurung, vice chancellor of Nepal Academy, the debate concerning the authenticity of the color

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