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I moved to USA in 1972. I was shy about wearing Vibuthi in public. I used to wear at home and till I went to college and then lightly erase it. After a few years nd learning about lent and ash Wednesday from my catholic friends, I started wearing Vibuthi in public. If anybody asked, my explanation was it is sacred ash, sign of my God and I wear it after shower everyday and for my prayers. Occasionally I would drop something about lent and ash Wednesday.
Incidentally I used the same temporarily giving up meat or some other desired food lent analogy to explain permanently giving up pineapple in Kashi

[QUOTE="sankarm, post: 455440, member: 21170"] I moved to USA in 1972. I was shy about wearing Vibuthi in public. I used to wear at home and till I went to college and then lightly erase it. After a few years nd learning about lent and ash Wednesday from my catholic friends, I started wearing Vibuthi in public. If anybody asked, my explanation was it is sacred ash, sign of my God and I wear it after shower everyday and for my prayers. Occasionally I would drop something about lent and ash Wednesday. Incidentally I used the same temporarily giving up meat or some other desired food lent analogy to explain permanently giving up pineapple in Kashi [/QUOTE]

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