Plants and People: Karnataka Rites of Passage

Plants and People: Karnataka Rites of Passage

by Suzanne HanchettStanley Regelson and K. Gurulingaiah
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/02/2023

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This is a close examination of the ways in which plant life and human life are symbolically intertwined in two rural villages of Hassan District, Karnataka State, India. After presenting a general overview of South Asian cultural traditions related to symbolic uses of plants, the author shares results of an in-depth study of the ways that plants have been used in rites of passage by multiple castes. The author, her partner, and a local team conducted detailed interviews and observations on birth, maturation, marriage, pregnancy, death, and other rituals in 1966-67. A follow-up study of plants covered folk taxonomy, local understandings of plant types and plant parts in 1976-77. Includes photos and other illustrations, a bibliography and a glossary of botanical names.

ISBN:
9798986876955
9798986876955
Category:
Social & cultural anthropology
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-02-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Deelopment Resources Press

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