The Life of Hinduism

death beyond death. 85 nunciation. Lastly the acarya cut off the fikha(topknot) from my head—the well- trained, well-oiled, stat ...

86. the life cycle lovely food in plantain leaves. They thronged around me, touched my feet, begging me to take their food, or a ...

death beyond death. 87 going on the great pilgrimage through India. I said I wanted to be as “literal” as he suggested, and I as ...

...

part iii. FESTIVAL ...

...

6. Divali The Festival of Lights om lata bahadur 91 This essay was previously published as “Diwali,” The Book of Hindu Festivals ...

92. festival brate Divali with the bursting of crackers and by lighting up their houses with earthen diyas or other lamps in the ...

divali. 93 Now let us get to the ceremonial side of Divali, so as to make it an attractive oc- casion for the family. Even if no ...

94. festival to form a picture is the basic way of teaching a child to draw. Thus as the wall became the canvas and everyone was ...

divali. 95 young ones to get excited about, and also to decorate their homes with glitter.) When the queen came out of the river ...

96. festival was stunned but heaved a sigh of relief at the strange request and granted it at once. He was afraid that the old w ...

divali. 97 old woman replied, “No, no, I will not let you in; you have never bothered about me before. Why should I take pity on ...

98. festival cases, sons-in-law of the house are given some money as a token, along with a peg of whisky. The nondrinkers can ju ...

7. Holi The Feast of Love mckim marriott 99 This essay was previously published as “The Feast of Love,” in Krishna: Myths, Rites ...

100. the life cycle form of donations, otherwise by stealth—quoting what they said were village rules, that everyone must contri ...

holi. 101 throughout the village had been extinguished, and as the assembled men returned to their homes, they carried coals fro ...

102. the life cycle I was summoned by a messenger from a family at the other end of the village to give first aid to an injured ...

holi. 103 figure 7 Squirting colored water at passersby as Holi approaches in Brindavan. Photo by John Hawley. crumpled pages of ...

104. the life cycle finally in telepathic copulation—all this to a frenzied accompaniment of many drums. I know that I witnessed ...