Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Hello Nora...Yes as you say these taboos are also present in Bengali culture.Not only when a woman is pregnant or given birth that she is restricted from attending any type of religious function,the same applies when a woman is thought of as 'unclean'during 'those days'of every month.The temple is also out of bounds during this time. As far as I know this still prevails,sadly but surely. love chumki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 You can say this sounds wierd especially from a man, but how do anyone knows that you are 'clean' or 'unclean' except your husband. You mean to say that before you enter the temple, the priest will ask " you are clean today?" My thoughts for today !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Thank You adi_shakthi16. You are indeed right to say : its all about "conscience". But "conscience" is subjected to certain conditions especially if you are being brainwash to think that you are `impure' or `unclean' when the actual fact you are not. From Shaktism or Tantaric point of view there is no distinction of pure and impure, don't you agree? Who are the one classify these as being `impure' or `unclean'. Is there in the Devi scriptures which state that menstruation is `unclean'. In a Shakta concept, all woman are the manifestation of Devi, menstruation is the symbol of womanhood or being feminine, therefore logically then it is the symbol of Devi herself. So is Devi `impure' state?. In some culture it is a sacred period of time for a woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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