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The Not-So-Subtle body in Dais' Birth Imagery
1Director, Motherhood and Traditional Research, Information, Knowledge and Action (MATRIKA), New Delhi, India.
Ancient Science of Life
|May 5, 2012
Abstract:
This paper explores the notions of the subtle body and how it has given shape and life to birth rituals and notions in the Dai tradition.
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