Offering flowers, feeding skulls: popular goddess worship in west bengal
Auteur :
McDaniel, June
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195167917
Date de publication :
19 août 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Indian state of West Bengal is home to one of the world's most vibrant traditions of goddess worship. The year's biggest holidays are devoted to the goddesses Durga and Kali, with lavish rituals, decorated statues, fireworks, and parades. In Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls, June McDaniel provides a broad, accessibly written overview of Bengali goddess worship.