Posted by: CrazyHorse January 31, 2010
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Hello folks i am taking Comparative Religion as one of my class. In one of my assignment i have to write about "Sati" practices. Have anyone wrote/debated about this sati ritual: The burning of Widows.
please give me a hand to it.
Do you consider the "sati" ritual expression of the true sacrifice or not?
Would you be for or against the legislation that would allow the sati ritual?
How would you react if the Indian/Hindu woman would do the sati ritual here in the United States?
Would this action be illegal or the expression of the freedom of belief (First Amendment)?
Also is this practice done in Nepal too?
When was the last recorded practice done in Nepal?
How did this practice ended up in Nepal that seems to have originated among the Rajput caste in Rajasthan.
Historically, sati is not unique to India. In the north Indian state of Rajasthan, it came to be associated with the people of the warrior Rajput caste, who viewed sati as the extreme expression of marital valor (Harlan 1994: 80). Although the practice of sati has been virtually non-existent elsewhere in India after the British banned it in 1829, about forty cases have taken place since India's independence in 1947. Twenty-eight of these cases have occurred in Rajasthan, mainly around the Sikar district (Oldenburg 1994: 191).
The last recorded was on 4 Oct, 1987 in the village of Deorala near Jaipur in Rajasthan, Roop Kanwar, a 18 year old bride of less than 8 months mounted the funeral pyre of Maal Singh, her 24 year old husband who died after committed suicide after repeatedly failing his medical school entrance examination.
Much appreciated
please give me a hand to it.
Do you consider the "sati" ritual expression of the true sacrifice or not?
Would you be for or against the legislation that would allow the sati ritual?
How would you react if the Indian/Hindu woman would do the sati ritual here in the United States?
Would this action be illegal or the expression of the freedom of belief (First Amendment)?
Also is this practice done in Nepal too?
When was the last recorded practice done in Nepal?
How did this practice ended up in Nepal that seems to have originated among the Rajput caste in Rajasthan.
Historically, sati is not unique to India. In the north Indian state of Rajasthan, it came to be associated with the people of the warrior Rajput caste, who viewed sati as the extreme expression of marital valor (Harlan 1994: 80). Although the practice of sati has been virtually non-existent elsewhere in India after the British banned it in 1829, about forty cases have taken place since India's independence in 1947. Twenty-eight of these cases have occurred in Rajasthan, mainly around the Sikar district (Oldenburg 1994: 191).
The last recorded was on 4 Oct, 1987 in the village of Deorala near Jaipur in Rajasthan, Roop Kanwar, a 18 year old bride of less than 8 months mounted the funeral pyre of Maal Singh, her 24 year old husband who died after committed suicide after repeatedly failing his medical school entrance examination.
Much appreciated
Last edited: 31-Jan-10 08:01 PM