Prayers of Cow Dung: Women Sculpturing Fertile Environments in Rural Rajasthan (India)
In line with the special issue's focus on material religion and ritualistic objects, this article focuses on the multi-sensory prayers that certain groups of Hindu women craft in cow dung at the doorstep of their residences during Divali. This yearly ritual of kneading and praying with cow dung...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2019]
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Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-25 |
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B Ethnography B Govardhan puja B cow dung B ritual art B Hinduism B Gender B human-nonhuman sociality B India B Symbolic anthropology |
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