One final ritual marks the celebration of Divali. Girls and women, who at the onset of the rainy season had tied protective threads around their brothers’ wrists, now invite the boys and men for delicacies in exchange for gifts. This rite is accompanied by the worship of Yama, lord of the dead, and his twin sister, Yami. Yama is also known as Dharmaraja(“king of the social and cosmic order”), for that very order is then restored with the return of prosperity, which is dependent upon women and on controlled underworld powers.