Broadsheet: Do you really want to be a goddess?

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"The practice of selecting prepubescent girls to serve as goddesses, then stripping them of their title the moment they're contaminated by menstruation, seems too messed up to warrant much discussion. But it'll be interesting to see what happens to the kumari tradition, since, as the Christian Science Monitor reports, Nepal's Supreme Court is investigating whether the tradition of kumaris has led to the exploitation of young girls."

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• Saved by Eliz. S. on July 24, 2007.
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