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Title: India


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India
  • How not to Get Killed
  • Bureaucratic Karma
  • Hindu Worship/Pilgrimage/Life Cycle
  • Gender Assumptions

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How not to get killed
  • Jamison Curran (Grinnell 01)
  • How can you be safe in an in an unfamiliar and
    alien environment?

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Safety Rules
  • Keep curfew
  • Dont travel at night/alone/in deserted places

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Safety Rules
  • Keep curfew
  • Dont travel at night/alone/in deserted places
  • Be aware of your surroundings.
  • Look poor (dont flaunt money etc.)

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Safety Rules
  • Be aware of your surroundings.
  • Look poor (dont flaunt money etc.)
  • Keep your head inside the car.
  • Dont trust anyone!
  • Meet new people through trusted contacts
  • Dont go to unfamiliar peoples homes
  • Dont eat or drink anything that strangers give
    you.

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Safety Rules
  • Look poor (dont flaunt money etc.)
  • Keep your head inside the car.
  • Dont trust anyone!
  • Meet new people through trusted contacts
  • Dont go to unfamiliar peoples homes
  • Dont eat or drink anything that strangers give
    you.
  • Flags/Markers foreign policy

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Scams
  • Shitgun
  • Delhi Riots Scam
  • Full Hotel Scam
  • Tainted Food Scam
  • Buy here gtgt Sell there scam
  • No shrinkage scam
  • Credit Card Scam
  • Torn Money Scam (Old Maid)

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  • Questions?

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Bureaucratic Karma
  • Waivers
  • Passports
  • Maps and Schedules

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Bureaucratic Karma
  • Waivers
  • Passports
  • Maps and Schedules
  • State Dept. Registration
  • Who is coming back to K-town?

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Absence of contamination
  • Bathing/washing--(to remove it)
  • Transitory, volatile state
  • Respect (Bowing etc.)
  • Offerings (16)
  • Prasad (Grace)

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Absence of contamination
  • Bathing/washing--(to remove it)
  • Transitory, volatile state
  • Contaminants everywhere (body, daily life)
  • Social DimensionBrahmins purest
  • Temple structureprotects deity

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Respect (Bowing etc.)
  • Shows status differences
  • Same sort of behavior among humans
  • Offerings (16)
  • Prasad (Grace)

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Respect (Bowing etc.)
  • Offerings (16)
  • Guest is God (hospitality)
  • Prasad (Grace)

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Respect (Bowing etc.)
  • Offerings (16)
  • Guest is God (hospitality)
  • Food, drink, rest, recreation
  • Loving service to God
  • Prasad (Grace)

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Worship
  • Purity of Self/place
  • Respect (Bowing etc.)
  • Offerings (16)
  • Prasad (Grace)
  • Sanctified food (usually from the offerings)
  • Cannot be gracefully refused

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Etiquette for Places of worship
  • Remove shoes and socks
  • Purity Concerns
  • Head Coverings for Women
  • Men--Cover heads except in Hindu temples
  • YOU MUST EAT PRASAD (or conceal it until we are
    far, far away).

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Pilgrimage (Space)
  • Land as Holy (Mountains, Rivers, Places)
  • Charter Myths, specific rituals
  • Intensified divine presence

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Pilgrimage (Space)
  • Land as Holy (Mountains, Rivers, Places)
  • Charter Myths, specific rituals
  • Intensified divine presence
  • Specialized Groups
  • Beggars, Pandas, and Ascetics

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Rites of Passage
  • Change of status
  • Refine the person (Nature vs. Culture)
  • 16 traditional ones (prenatal gt death)
  • Twice-born men
  • Less scrupulously observed now

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Gender Issues
  • What sorts of issues might arise?
  • Why?

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Gender Issues
  • Cultural Expectations
  • Eve-Teasing
  • Front Seat/Back Seat
  • Culturally Appropriate Dress
  • Drinking/Smoking

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Roleplaying
  • Wedding Ads
  • In groups of three
  • Read through your sheet of ads
  • Talk about what sorts of things seem to be
    important.
  • Write (together) an ad for a bride and a groom
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