Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia

Explores the contemporary nature and the diverse narratives, rituals, and performances of the Navarātri Festival.

Nine Nights of the Goddess explores the festival of Navarātri-alternatively called Navarātra, Mahānavamī, Durgā Pūjā, Dasarā, and/or Dassain-which lasts for nine nights and ends with a celebration called Vijayadaśamī, or "the tenth (day) of victory." Celebrated in both massive public venues and in small, private domestic spaces, Navarātri is one of the most important and ubiquito...