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'''Sati''' also called '''Suttee''' is an ancient [[India|Indian]] [[Hindu]] practice, in which a widow is sacrificed by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Originating at least as far back as 400 A.D., It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the 20th cent." [http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/Mystics.html] | '''Sati''' also called '''Suttee''' is an ancient [[India|Indian]] [[Hindu]] practice, in which a widow is sacrificed by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Originating at least as far back as 400 A.D., It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the 20th cent." [http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/Mystics.html] | ||
Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare [[Honor killing]]). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under complusion. | Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare [[Honor killing]]). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under complusion. | ||
Revision as of 18:13, June 29, 2007
Sati also called Suttee is an ancient Indian Hindu practice, in which a widow is sacrificed by throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Originating at least as far back as 400 A.D., It was outlawed by the colonial British in 1829, although according to the New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975), "isolated cases of voluntary suttee have occurred into the 20th cent." [1] Westerners have long doubted whether the practice was ever actually voluntary (compare Honor killing). More recent instances of the practice have found, where investigated, to have been carried out under complusion.
External links
- The Representation of Sati Bengal Past and Present, 117 (1998):57-80.