In this video we discuss "face blackening" & few historical facts.
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It's a common experssion in India and Pakistan, but not a "Hindu thing"
I made a video on the topic:
Lord krishna and Kali Maa are dark skinned...in some references even "black"
sooo, making such comments wuld be racially profiling (towards them)
This sickening term originated elsewhere, took root into Indian society.
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Sikh holy book says: The faithless cynic barks out his lies, and his face is blackened. ||4||
bolih kUru swkq muKu kwrw ]4]
boleh koor saakat mukh kaaraa ||4||
https://www.sikhitothemax.org/ang?source=G&ang=239
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Ambar
Malik Ambar (1548 – 1626)
was a Siddi military leader in the
Deccan region of India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahaji
"The generals of the Ahmadnagar
army included Shahaji,
whose son Shivaji subsequently
established a kingdom that
evolved into the Maratha Empire"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bhatvadi
The Battle of Bhatvadi
1624
As the newspaper noted a few months later in a case from Sind involving a “gentleman thief,” this was an old Indian mode of punishment, with the added detail that the parading was usually done with the person facing backwards on a donkey.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ackening-face/
Man smeared with black paint, paraded on donkey across streets of Lahore
https://www.samaa.tv/news/2017/11/ma