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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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Published in:Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture & Ecology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 245 - 285
Main Authors: Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique, Jean, Julia A.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Festivals
Social change
Religious communities
Goddesses
India
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