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