Veneration and Spiritual Pleading through Stone: observations and musings on current practice in rural Turkmenistan
Although the population of Turkmenistan is essentially Moslem, older traditions co-exist. In the rural areas medical services are poor, infant mortality and maternal mortality and morbidity are higher than in the West, and superstition is rife. Barrenness is considered a female failing. Women of chi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of York
2009-09-01
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Series: | Internet Archaeology |
Online Access: | http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue26/mclaren_index.html |