Pilgrimage and Power: The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, 1765–1954. By Kama Maclean. (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. xv, 344. $74.00.)
Pilgrimage and Power: The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, 1765–1954. By Kama Maclean. (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. xv, 344. $74.00.)
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朝圣与权力：阿拉哈巴德的大壶节，1765-1954 年。（纽约，纽约：牛津大学出版社，2008 年。第 xv 页，344。74.00 美元。）
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今天，印度阿拉哈巴德的Kumh Mela是印度教主要的宗教朝圣活动，也是世界上最大的宗教聚会。2001年，根据北方邦政府的说法，在最吉祥的一天洗澡时，有3000万朝圣者被吸引到恒河和亚穆纳河的交汇处。在组织和管理方面的一项令人印象深刻的壮举中，新千年的第一个医疗保险得到了大多数人的压倒性满意，并创造了令人印象深刻的健康和安全记录。最响亮的抱怨与媒体的侵扰有关。主要代表外国媒体的记者蜂拥至Mela，打算向全球观众播放印度人裸体(或穿着湿纱丽)参加“古老”宗教仪式的耸人听闻的画面。
Today the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, is a major Hindu religious pilgrimage and the largest religious gathering in the world. In 2001, according to the government of Uttar Pradesh, 30 million pilgrims were drawn to the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna on the most auspicious day for bathing. In an impressive feat of organization and administration, the first mela of the new millennium was managed to the overwhelming satisfaction of most, with an impressive health and safety record. The loudest complaint had to do with the intrusive presence of the media. Journalists, largely representing foreign media outlets, had swarmed to the mela, intent on broadcasting to a global audience sensational images of naked (or wet-sari-clad) Indians taking part in "ancient" religious rituals.