The other day, while waiting in the Registrar Office for the EKTA registration work , I happened to watch the custom, naturally followed by the buyer and seller, while handing over the key of the property, a house:
Soon after the registration, in front of the Registrar Office, the buyers (middle aged husband and wife) and the sellers (the head of the family, with his son’s family) in the witnesses of known people from both sides, spontaneously removed their footwear and stood barefooted; the seller bowed down and placed a bunch of keys with both hands and the buyers responded bowing down and received it with both hands. The seller, then, said in audible tone, “Take possession of the property; enjoy it using for generations and live happily.”
AHA….(the bulb on my head glows): This resembles the culture in the Old Testament!!!!
When Boaz wanted to marry Ruth, he got the property-redeeming right from Ruth’s nearest kinsman-redeemer, who, then, removed his sandals in front of the City Gate, handed over to Boaz...(Ruth 4:1ff, particularly verses 7-8).
Wow, our culture is very near to biblical.
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