Articles tagged with: superstition
Enduring Phobias and Superstitions in Tibetan Society (Part 2)

In Satyajit Ray’s film, Ganashatru, an adaptation of Ibsen’s play, Enemy of the People, a doctor discovers that leaking sewers are contaminating a water source which is regarded as holy, and which attracts large number …
Enduring Phobias and Superstitions in Tibetan Society (Part 1)

On a grey morning during the monsoon of 1976, the small town of McLeod Ganj, or at least the Tibetan part of it, experienced a curious upheaval. The event had everyone out in the narrow …