Surrendering to the Earth: Male Devotional Practices in the Bengali Dharma Cult
The essential traits of the Dharma cult are grounded in the folklore of the agricultural people of Rarh (West Bengal). The annual worship of Dharma, the gajan, is here examined on a gender basis. By considering fertility as the leitmotif of the cult and Dharma worship the masculinization of an ances...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2005]
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Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-144 |
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