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Plants and People: Karnataka Rites of Passage: Karnataka Rites of Passage

Plants and People: Karnataka Rites of Passage: Karnataka Rites of Passage

Hanchett, Suzanne
Regelson, Stanley
Gurulingaiah, K.

Paperback

AnthropologyBotany & Horticulture

Publisher Price: $45.00

ISBN13: 9798986876948
Publisher: Deelopment Resources Press
Published: Feb 18 2023
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

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