Девадаси: the World carried away by wind. Temple dancers are in the culture of South India
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In a book the most important aspects of way of life of temple dancers and institute of девадаси are examined on the whole: terminology for denotation sanctified to the temple of women, origin of institute of девадаси and basic stages of his development, feature of the южноиндийской temple culture and economy, features of жизнеустройства community of temple dancers and their social status, specific of domestic model and professional activity девадаси, their basic functions in a temple and after his limits, professional preparation and rituals of dedication, property position and successions of rights, way of life and relationships with a patron, features of repertoire and perception of temple dancers Europeans, криминализация and десакрализация девадаси in the period of colonialism, fight for prohibition of institute of девадаси and creation of бхаратанатьяма. In an appendix a reader will be able to become familiar with by history of Тамилнаду.
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Андреева Elena Mikhajlovna
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Age
- 16
- Release date
- 2018