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Dhanasri (Odia: ଧନାଶ୍ରୀ, romanized: dhanāsri) is a rāga belonging to the tradition of Odissi music. [1] [2] [3] Falling under the meḷa of the same name, [4] the raga uses komala gandhara and komala nisada swaras and is traditionally associated with the karuṇa rasa. [5]
Amanzi Springs is a series of hydrothermal springs in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa that have yielded a series of stratified Acheulian artefacts. It is one of only two archaeological sites in Africa, along with Kalambo Falls , that has yielded wood in association with early stone age artefacts (Deacon, 1970).
Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (from Sanskrit bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") [1] [2] is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the centre of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian subcontinent.
From Audrey Hepburn and Eartha Kitt to Jackie O, the head scarf has let women with a strong sense of self keep their scalps warm, their hair laid, and their heads held up high.
Daayan is sometimes used interchangeably with the term churel (Hindi: चुड़ैल cuṛail), although conceptual and cultural differences exist between them. A churel is a vengeful ghost that arise from the death of a woman during pregnancy or childbirth, with preternatural powers similar to a witch.
While carrying out this whole custom, all the women sing traditional wedding songs. Usually, women in the family perform the ritual in a hierarchical order based on the relation with the groom. For example, it begins with the groom's mother, the oldest sister, younger sister, oldest sister-in-law and so on.
Strings are never used to tie the mekhela around the waist, though an underskirt with a string is often used. The top portion of the two-piece dress, called the chador (pronounced: Sador), is a long piece of cloth that has one end tucked into the upper portion of the mekhela above the belly button and the rest is draped around the chest and back.
There are fifteen pachivedes (chapters) and 800 verses in Ratirahasya which deal with various topics such as different physiques, lunar calendar, different types of genitals, characteristics of women of various ages, hugs, kisses, sexual intercourse and sex positions, sex with a strange woman, etc. [1] [2] Kokkoka describes various stages of love in Ratirahasya, the fifth stage being weight ...