INDIA PRESENTATION
Diana Rosa Hennig
Created on March 13, 2022
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Transcript
Tradition & gender roles
India
01
Traditions
- "swarm of lights" & "arrangement of lights"
- new lamps for helping souls to find nirvana
- picture of Lakshmi placed on the bank records
- will-lit houses are visiten by Lakshmi
- houses are richly decorated
Diwali
*Seligkeit
- different variants of Diwali
- the five days are a bit different
- celebrates the victory of good over evil
- houses are decorated with lights
- the lights show the spirit of the dead the way to the land of bliss*
Diwali
- bodypainting - Mehndi
- important cultural custom
- used for celebrations like weddings & festivals
- stylish feature
Henna & Mehndi
- painted dot between the eyebrows
- symbolizes the "third eye"
- traditionally mark of a married woman
- widows renounce it
Bindi
Bindi/Tilaka
02
gender roles
- better healthcare
- more respected
- more educated
- breadwinner
Men
- talking care of raising children
- perform domestic work
- secondary role
- live under protection of father/husband
Women
VS
"Men must change their mindsets towards women. If they are more respectful towards them things will change at the grassroot level. It will happen slowly, but everyone has to move togehter."
Madhuri Dixit
Thank you for your attention!