ANTHROP 1AB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Striptease, Decorative Arts, Ghost Dance
24 Apr 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Over 900 million people, 15%, of people are hindu. 97% live in india (80% of their pop is hindus) Core texts: four vedas sanskrit (1200 900 bce) Famous stories: mahabharata story of war between two pilgrimages (krishan is imp. , ramanayana. Upper caste offering flower, rice and fruit. Remedy of curse causing infertility in women. They light incense, pray to serpent gods, and offer flower. All night ritual: women paint serpent gods on the floor, music, someone goes into trance so people can speak to god/get blessings through her. Everyone has potential to through good deeds to achieve a better rebirth to finaly release from. Samsara: cycle of birth, death and reincarnation. Many pilgrims come visit sarnath, where buddha have first teaching: gaya, where he gained enlightenment. In myanmar, buddhism and indigenous traditions coexist without one being dominant. Indigenous: bad things happen because of actions of capricious spirits called nats.
