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When:
October 21, 2015 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2015-10-21T18:00:00+01:00
2015-10-21T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
Pitt Rivers Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum
S Parks Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PP
UK
Pitt Rivers Museum
S Parks Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PP
UK
Cost:
£2
Contact:
Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Catherine Rubin Kermorgant will discuss her book ‘Servants of the Goddess: the Modern-Day Devadasis’. Married to the gods as young girls, devadasis are trained to sing and dance for the gods. Their sacred duties include providing sexual services to men. While they play an important spiritual role in their villages, they are also reviled as impure.
All welcome. Tea served from 18.00. Talk starts at 18.30.