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Guests at God's Wedding
Tracy Pintchman
其他書名
Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares
出版SUNY Press, 2005-08-25
主題Religion / Holidays / OtherReligion / Hinduism / GeneralReligion / Eastern
ISBN07914659509780791465950
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3KcEotmV2MAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This fascinating look at the sacred Hindu month of Kartik (October–November) as it is celebrated in the city of Benares in North India highlights Kartik-related practices, stories, songs, and experiences particular to women. During Kartik, Hindu women living in and around Benares meet daily to enact a form of ritual worship, or pu?ja?, in which they raise the playful Hindu deity Krishna from childhood to adulthood throughout the month, ultimately marrying him to the plant-goddess Tulsi (Basil). Tracy Pintchman explores how women who perform Kartik pu?ja? understand and celebrate both Kartik and Krishna in ways that are linked to the desires, hopes, fears, and social realities characteristic of many Hindu women living in the rather conservative social milieu of this region.