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Sahney, Puja.

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Cultural analysis of the Indian women's festival of Karvachauth.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Cultural analysis of the Indian women's festival of Karvachauth./
作者:	Sahney, Puja.
面頁冊數:	101 p.
附註:	Adviser: Lisa Gabbert.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International45-01.
標題:	Anthropology, Cultural. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1437322
ISBN:	9780542831133

Cultural analysis of the Indian women's festival of Karvachauth.
Sahney, Puja.

Cultural analysis of the Indian women's festival of Karvachauth. - 101 p.

Adviser: Lisa Gabbert.

Thesis (M.A.)--Utah State University, 2006.

The festival of Karvachauth is celebrated by upper class married women of North India and occurs in the month of October or early November. On this day married women fast to ensure the long lives of their husbands. They wake up before dawn and eat a meal. After sunrise they do not drink water or eat any food until they see the moon at night. The moon is watched through a sieve and prayed to before breaking the fast. An important part of Karvachauth is a ritual that is performed by women in the afternoon. This ritual is hosted by a woman of the neighborhood and other women assemble in the house where they form a circle. The narration of a folktale of a princess named Veeravati forms the center of the ritual. Women also dress up in festive bright saris and lots of jewelry for the ritual. Some part of the day is spent in putting intricate designs of henna on their hands and feet.

ISBN: 9780542831133Subjects--Topical Terms:

735016
Anthropology, Cultural.

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