On the eve of Diwali, hundreds of Indian women swathed in white and carrying traditional earthenware lamps file through winding streets to the edge of the Yamuna river. The women, chanting as they walk through the streets of Vrindavan to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali, are widows who have left their families or have been abandoned by them. Until recently, they were kept hidden from society and virtually forbidden to celebrate. But that is now changing. ...Thursday 23 October 2014
Defying Taboos to Celebrate Diwali: India's Forgotten Widows
On the eve of Diwali, hundreds of Indian women swathed in white and carrying traditional earthenware lamps file through winding streets to the edge of the Yamuna river. The women, chanting as they walk through the streets of Vrindavan to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali, are widows who have left their families or have been abandoned by them. Until recently, they were kept hidden from society and virtually forbidden to celebrate. But that is now changing. ...
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