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Feeding a Thousand Souls - Vijaya (Associate Professor Nagarajan - Bog

- Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam

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Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a new kolam, an ephemeral but highly elaborate ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses, and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors the goddesses Lakshmi and Bhudevi. The first comprehensive study of the kolam in English, Feeding a Thousand Souls is the culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780195170825
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 332
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. Oktober 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 236x160x25 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 709 g.
  • 2-4 uger.
  • 26. Oktober 2024
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Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a new kolam, an ephemeral but highly elaborate ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses, and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors the goddesses Lakshmi and Bhudevi. The first comprehensive study of the kolam in English, Feeding a Thousand Souls is the culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and
writing on this exacting ritual practice.

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