Exploring the folk religion of India and the role of girls and
women within it, author June McDaniel focuses on the brata (vrata)
ritual in which moral lessons are taught and goddesses are
revealed. Bratas are performed to gain such goals as a healthy
family, a good husband, and a happy life. They are also performed
so that the performers (bratinis) develop such virtues as devotion,
humility, and compassion.
This book presents data from fieldwork, along with brata
stories, songs, poems, and ritual activities. It discusses Bengali
folk religion, offers an example of ritual worship in folk
Hinduism, and surveys a variety of bratas. The author analyzes the
similarities and differences among these rituals in low-caste
village life and in high-caste Hindu tradition, and notes that the
development of these rituals involves a form of continuing divine
revelation with women as the primary transmitters.
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