India Culture Guide
By Roadjunky, Posted May 18, 2007
Sections: Intro Indian Food The Caste System Holy Cows God Feasts Sadhus
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If ever there was a headache for the anthropologist it’s the complex culture of India.
If ever there was a headache for the anthropologist it’s the complex culture of India. With one of the world’s oldest religions and a tendency to absorb every social, political and spiritual movement that passed through in the last few thousand years, India’s culture is like a giant jigsaw puzzle where few of the pieces fit together.
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