Smt. Krishen Kanta Kaw and Dr. Ravi Kaw
That Zang Tri is the third day of the New Year (Nowreh). According to mythology, Lord Shiva created the Universe on Nowreh. On the third day, His Consort (Parvati) paid a visit to Her parent's home. So, all Kashmiri married women go to their MALYUN for an hour or two, conveying good wishes for the new year, and then return to their homes. That is Zang Tri. I would like to add that this story is pregnant with symbolic meaning. We find similar stories in Bhaagwat Maha-puran, and even Old Testament: that GOD created the Earth, Sun, and Moon, and then on the third day.... These seemingly strange (incomprehensible 'mumbo-jumbo' to some) was explained to me by my teacher as follows:-  That the fundamental event for all conscious beings is a thought. The first (or the basic) thought of all beings is the 'I- thought'. This I-thought is also called Ignorance/Maya/Moola-Maya, etc. It cannot be comprehended, but its properties can be 'seen' mixed up in everything. The distance between two events gives rise to the concept of TIME. Time also signifies 'change'. It is this element of time that projects the concept of SPACE as well. So, using the language of modern Physics, one can say that TIME/SPACE quantum is the projection of the thought that follows the 'I thought'. That is why, in English, the fundamental unit of time is 'second'. It is only after time/space has happened that the world of plurality can be observed. So, going back, the Supreme Consciousness (Para-Shiva, Brahman, Yahveh, or whatever name people use) having become conscious ofitself (through Moola-Maya, Itchha Shakti, or whatever name one uses, personified as Parvati Devi), sets forth 'creation'.Powered by Company Name Company Name