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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
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 |
| Further subjects: | B
Earth
B eastern India B Women B Menstruation B Tantra B Goddess |
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