Vergati Anne
Ethnology
Laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative Sociology (LESC)
France
Biography
Anne Vergati is an anthropologist and historian educated at the Laboratory of Ethnology. She specialises in the Newar civilisation, an ethnic group of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Since 1989, she has been conducting research in West Rajasthan, in the Marwar region.
Research Interest
Hinduism, Buddhism, Hindu royalty, marriage rituals, hero worship
Publications
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2009, Dasai. The celebration of the goddess Durga in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Marg, 61 (2, december): 96–105 [special issue: Goddess Durga. The power and the glory].
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2009, Le mariage hindou entre tradition et modernité, in S. Melchior-Bonnet and C. Salles (eds), Histoire du mariage (Paris, R. Laffont): 1017–1035 [Bouquins].
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2010, Couleurs des dieux, couleurs des hommes en Inde du Nord, in G. Boëtsch, D. Chevé and H. Claudot-Hawad (eds), Décors des corps (Paris, CNRS Éditions): 125–135.
