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Development Resources Press
Plants and People: Karnataka Rites of Passage
A close examination of the ways in which plant life and human life are intertwined in two villages of Karnataka State, India, via the symbolic uses of plants in of rites of passage. – birth, maturation, marriage, pregnancy, death, and rituals for ancestors and others.
An excellent compilation of Karnataka rites involving plants and people …. an inspiration for the budding ethnobotanists to explore a less-explored dimension of the interdisciplinary subject ‘Ethnobotany’.
-Dr. Vartika Jain, Udaipur
This book’s perspective provides inspiration not only for South Asia scholars, but also for all scholars in the realm of ethnography, ritual, and the relationship to nature including biology, botany, and other rarely explored dimensions. -Dr. Helen Ullrich