Festivals, time and space: the structure of the Indo-Nepalese version of the Hindu calendar

This article provides an interpretation of the annual cycle of festivals among the Hindus of the hills of Nepal. After recalling the main technical data of the Hindu calendar, the author develops his approach in two stages. Through an ethnographical inventory of festivals, he finds out the main divi...

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Main Author: Marc Gaborieau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris 2021-01-01
Series:European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ebhr/437