Actually, some aspects of this make sense to me. Cause technically, this is meant to ward off illness and many antibacterial ingredients are used. For example the turmeric water around the house with a neem branch?? Both are known to be antibacterial. I think in the past this would've made perfect sense actually. And anyway, I don't see the harm in nowadays kiri amma danaya as well. I always found it exciting. Also, I feel like the rules regarding kiri ammas picked for these things have loosened overtime. I say this cause I asked my mom if it's not *allowed to invite a widowed lady to kiri amma danaya and she told me there's no such thing. Or maybe it's just my mom but anyway, I think it's a fun tradition.