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The Basket, Hair, the Goddess and the World

An Essay On South Indian Symbolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Jackie Assayag
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In the past few years, anthropological research concerned with the ethnographic aspects of ritual practices has renewed its interest in the meaning of ritual symbolism. This research has been possible because of a methodological inversion, namely, starting with a descriptive study of the rites rather than analyzing religious beliefs, contrarily to what was the moraine frontale of traditional history of religion.

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Research Article
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Diogenes , Volume 36 , Issue 142 , June 1988 , pp. 113 - 135
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Copyright © 1988 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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