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The memories of a childs first Moharam never fade, held on to her mothers waist clinging for dear life, while the Mother , bayas in hand recites the Matam..around her she sees with her little curious eyes the beating of the chest and the emanating sound of sorrow Ya Hussain Ya Hussain that soon becomes her silken thread connecting her with a greater metaphoric moment, a momentous memorable moment.

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The memories of a childs first Moharam never fade, held on to her mothers waist clinging for dear life, while the Mother , bayas in hand recites the Matam..around her she sees with her little curious eyes the beating of the chest and the emanating sound of sorrow Ya Hussain Ya Hussain that soon becomes her silken thread connecting her with a greater metaphoric moment, a momentous memorable moment.

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Throughout September bayas are to be seen at their nests, but, before the month draws to its close, nearly all the broods have come out into the great world.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

By the beginning of the month the great majority of the cock _bayas_ or weaver-birds have assumed their black-and-golden wedding garment; nevertheless they do not as a rule begin to nest before July.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

While working at the nest the bayas, more especially the cocks, are in a most excited state.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

For this reason they do not lend themselves to observation while at work so readily as bayas do.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Of the scenes characteristic of the rains in India none is more pleasing than that presented by a colony of nest-building bayas or weaver-birds (_Ploceus baya_).

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916