La cúrcuma es una planta de la familia del jengibre. Tiene muchos usos, incluidos los culinarios, medicinales, ceremoniales y como tinte.

Fue utilizado por primera vez hace 4,000 años por la cultura védica de la India como especia culinaria y en ceremonias religiosas. La medicina ayurvédica y la medicina tradicional china elogian la cúrcuma por sus beneficios antiinflamatorios para la salud. La cúrcuma también tiene usos ceremoniales en el sur y sudeste de Asia.

Antes de las bodas indias es común tener una ceremonia haldi, donde los miembros de la familia colocan pasta de cúrcuma sobre los novios para un matrimonio próspero. La cúrcuma se utiliza en los tintes para las túnicas de los monjes budistas en Birmania, en los tejidos de corteza en Polinesia y en los sombreros de paja de rafia en Madagascar.

Creado por Kaila Balch mediante el Programa de Equidad a través de Historias de Duke Gardens. Kaila se graduó en 2023 con una maestría en ciencias en salud global de la Graduate School y el Global Health Institute de Duke University.

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Turmeric is a plant in the ginger family. It has many uses, including culinary, medicinal, ceremonial and as a dye.

It was first used 4000 years ago by the Vedic culture in India as a culinary spice and in religious ceremonies. Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine praise turmeric for its anti-inflammatory health benefits. Turmeric also has ceremonial uses in South and Southeast Asia.

Before Indian weddings it’s common to have a haldi ceremony, where family members put turmeric paste on the bride and groom for an auspicious marriage. Turmeric is used in dyes for the robes of Buddhist monks in Burma, barkcloth in Polynesia and raffia straw hats in Madagascar.

Created by Kaila Balch through Duke Gardens’ Equity Through Stories Program. Kaila is a 2023 graduate with a master of science in global health from Duke University’s Graduate School and Global Health Institute.

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Visitors to Duke Gardens speak many different languages. English and Spanish are two of the most common primary languages in our area today.

Reading a sign is generally an easier way to get information in the garden than scanning a QR code to go to a website for a translation, as you might have noticed! When our signs can only be printed in one language due to size constraints, we vary which language is on the sign and which is on the website so that both English and Spanish speakers have the opportunity to read signs in person.