Ethnology, Volume 46, Issue 1University of Pittsburgh, 2008 - Ethnology |
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Page 45
... chastity and sleep with someone ? The arch was supposed to honor her marital loyalty but what if it was betrayed ? Rumors spread and put the arch's completion to a halt . The widow , old by this time , eventually got exasperated by the ...
... chastity and sleep with someone ? The arch was supposed to honor her marital loyalty but what if it was betrayed ? Rumors spread and put the arch's completion to a halt . The widow , old by this time , eventually got exasperated by the ...
Page 52
... chastity arch , is an individual commitment that takes many years to nurture , and which in the process is always confronted with challenges and distrust , but eventually growing to prove its maturity and purity . The other loyalty ...
... chastity arch , is an individual commitment that takes many years to nurture , and which in the process is always confronted with challenges and distrust , but eventually growing to prove its maturity and purity . The other loyalty ...
Page 53
... arch . Gradually , the bridge and the chastity arch were transformed into monuments through which the villagers symbolize and mourn losses of different kinds . The bridge and the fallen arch point to a peculiar situation with regard to ...
... arch . Gradually , the bridge and the chastity arch were transformed into monuments through which the villagers symbolize and mourn losses of different kinds . The bridge and the fallen arch point to a peculiar situation with regard to ...
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