Weaving the Body and the Cosmos: Two Menstrual Festivals in Northeastern India
This paper explores the cultural context and ecological implications of two menstrual festivals in northeastern India: Rajaparba in Orissa and Ambuvaci in Kamakhya, Assam. We argue that these festivals are extremely fruitful sites to explore questions of women and power in religious communities wher...
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Worldviews
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-284 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India (Nordost)
/ Menstruation
/ Ritual
/ Cosmogony
B Odisha / Kāmākhyā-Tempel (Gauhati) / Śakti / Menstruation / Fertility cult / Religious festival |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
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Earth
B eastern India B Women B Menstruation B Tantra B Goddess |
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| 520 | |a This paper explores the cultural context and ecological implications of two menstrual festivals in northeastern India: Rajaparba in Orissa and Ambuvaci in Kamakhya, Assam. We argue that these festivals are extremely fruitful sites to explore questions of women and power in religious communities where the Goddess is a central focus as well as their ecological implications for an integral worldview. These festivals, usually held at the beginning of the monsoon when the Hindu Goddess menstruates, are times when the earth is regenerated, when the body of the Goddess is regenerated, and when women and communities are regenerated in various ways. Participants report that pilgrimages to these festivals are indeed transformative and have positive impacts on their lives. As a result, we critique feminist arguments that claim that Hinduism is the basis for women’s social disempowerment, and as a result, the only meaningful social change must occur on a secular basis. We also use these festivals to critique contemporary feminist developmentalist ideologies. | ||
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