Out in Manori, as important as Christmas, is this feast that takes place the day after the Bara Din. Bullock carts of East Indians head for Thane in their best finery for this Boxing Day Catholic mela. In Manori, like other East Indian villages, preparations are going ahead for making the special East Indian sweets. These sweets are
quite different from those of other Christian communities. Milk sweets emerge after hours and hours of boiling down milk with sugar. And nankaties are sweet biscuits made from flour, sugar and butter.