...Nag Panchami (Snake's [Cobra's] Fifth) is a minor festival celebrated throughout North India in the latter half of July on the fifth day of the light half of the Hindu month Shravan. As the name implies, Nag Panchami is a festival in honor of snakes. Gurus are honored, patrons...

... girl called Munni. It follows Munni from menstruation through marriage, “the most important event in her life,” and uses that occasion as a chance also to cast a comparative glance at a range of other locations in North India. Bathing following menstruation Marriage advertisements for Menstruation...

...This chapter explores wrestling in India as a way of life. The term Indian wrestling is translated directly from the Hindi phrase Bharatiya kushti. Kushti (generic wrestling) is regarded as having a uniquely Indian form. In North India, there are two other terms...

...This book is concerned with the performance and reception of popular music and song by Tibetan refugees living in north India. To explore the ways in which cultural boundaries are understood, negotiated, and enacted by Tibetan refugees, this book largely focuses on nontraditional music that has...

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