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SINDHI
FOLKLORE
SASUI-PUNHOON
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Sasui was born to a Brahmin. While preparing her
horoscope, he found that she was destined to marry
a Muslim. Being a Brahmin, he could not digest the
idea of daughter marrying a muslim. So he put her
in a wooden box and threw it in the river. But as
fate would have it, the box did not sink.
It floated towards the opposite bank of the river
and was a found by a Muslim washer man named Mohamed
On seeing a lovely child in the box, he decided
to bring it up as his own child. The child grew
up into a lovely maiden. The fame of her beauty
and charm spread like the smell of the musk.
Punhoon,
the prince of Makran fell in love with her without
even seeing her. He was very eager to go to Bhambhor
- Sasui's place, and meet his dream-girl. He disguised
himself as perfume-seller and came to Sindh. Sasui's
friend told her about the handsome man who had come
to sell attars, perfumes and musks. Sasui came to
buy perfumes and she fell in love with him instantly.
It was a love at first sight. Punhoon became a washerman
for the sake of his sweet-heart. Whenever he made
a mistake in ironing the dresses or washing the
clothes, Sasui and her friends come to his rescue.
Mohamed was very fond of his daughter Sasui. He
wanted to see her happy.
He did not want Punhoon
to go back to her kingdom. So he insisted upon Punhoon
to give up his parents' abode and adopt Bhambhor
as his permanent place of stay. Punhoon readily
agreed to this condition. He took to washerman's
work and after his marriage to Sasui, settled in
Bhambhor.
Both, the bride and
groom, were very happy. But Punhoon's parents were
not able to digest the news of their son's marriage
to washerman's daughter. Punhoon's father (The king
of Makran-Ari-Jam, Belonging to the 'Ari' dynasty
of Baluchi Kings) sent his three sons to Bhambhor,
instructing them to bring Punhoon back to Makran.
When Princes reached Bhambhor,Sasui welcomed her
brother-in-law's. She tried to make them comfortable
with good food and fine wine. But Punhoon refused
to go back to his kingdom. His brothers therefore,
made a plan to take Punhoon back by force or by
some deceptive means. They got him stone-drunk,
one night, and kidnapped him tying him securely
to the camels.
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