Cet article traite d'un aspect souvent négligé par les études consacrées au caractère sacré de la vache en Inde. Ces études, souvent polémiques, se sont préoccupées d'aspects techniques et environnementaux et n'ont pratiquement rien apporté quant & a g r a v e ; la compréhension de la logique culturelle contenue dans le caractère sacré de cet animal.Basé sur I 'étude de textes sacrés, sur des observations empiriques dans le Nord du Pays et sur des travaux d'anthropologues dans d'autres régions, cet article jette une lumière sur le caractère sacré de la vache dans l'Inde ancienne, sur les processus historiques qui ont abouti & a g r a v e ; l'émergence des tabous concernant la consommation du boeuf, sur les mythes et rites qui accompagnent ce phénomène, sur ses significations culturelles dans la société indienne. L'auteur estime que l'interprétation métaphorique technico-environnementale de Harris & a g r a v e ; propos du caractère sacré de la vache ne rend pas compte de manière adéquate du maintien de ce modèle culturel en Inde. L'idéologie religieuse indienne explique mieux cette persistance car la sacralité de la vache est un reflet d'actes symboliques ayant un caractère expressif et une fin en soi qui dépassent les simples considérations rationnelles. Social Compass, XXXIII/2-3, 1986, 163-175 The the cow is held in great reverence by the Hindus. She occupies a place closer to the divines and there is hardly any temple where the the cow does not figure prominently. The concept of sacredness of the cow is deeply ingrained in the thoughts, feelings, and aspirations of Hindus so much so that her protection and care is considered as a religious duty. There is a strong abhorrance for killing and eating the flesh of a the cow. They have become so inviolable that in big cities they wander unmolested through the busiest traffic. Even a bull that gores a man to death may not be touched. The mere slaughter of a the cow has led to many communal riots during the pre as well as postIndependence period leading to a loss of several human lives and valuable property in India (Batra: 1972; 1981a).
Entertainment education has proved its mettle in making health communication effective. The craft of designing informative but non-pedantic messages lies in packaging them in an entertaining manner. This article presents the aspects of positive deviant practices solicited through a research in identifying unique behaviours related to some very personal and familial issues like early pregnancy and adoption of contraception and family planning, safe motherhood and countering the preference for a male child. The identified positive deviant behaviours formed the crux of the substance of the script of an edutainment tele-drama series Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon.
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