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Coloured Rice: Symbolic Structure in Hindu Family Festivals (Second Edition)

By Suzanne Hanchett
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By Suzanne Hanchett
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This is an ethnographic study of rituals and myths as celebrated by multiple castes in two Karnataka villages. Four types of rituals are described and analysed: some by and for married women, some for restless and dangerous goddesses endangering whole families, ancestor rites, and ant-hill festivals for cobra deities. Numerous photos have been added to the original text, which got good reviews.
Meanings of the myths and rituals are interpreted -- using structuraliism and other methods -- in ...

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ReligionGeneral & Miscellaneous ReligionHinduismReligion around the WorldReligion - Asia - General & MiscellaneousCustoms, Rites, & Practices - Hinduism