I am back on work on the kambojan buddha again.
I just read this little fragment of text and could not help but laugh:
„Women are considered innately powerful beings who, if not placed within limits, can bring disaster for people associated with them. To some extent, puberty rites regulate the female’s potentially destructive energy, but the most effective form of channeling a woman’s generative power is marriage.“
(Bolon, Carol R.; Sarin Amita Vohra: ‚Metaphors in Gold: The Jewelry of India‘, in: Asian Art, vol.6, no.4, Fall 1993, p.16)
Of course, it refers to indian tradition and customs… One of my friends, nevertheless, is a very vivid little creature and sure she can freak people out. She has his- for myself- totally inexplainable strive of getting married soon, maybe it is her inner instincts of protection? Now I read this article, the protection she wants might not be for herself, but for the others around her. I have never considered it that way and could not help but laugh out loud! Haha… Oh, dear.