DANCING AROUND THE CAULDRON WITH RANGDA, THE BALINESE WIDOW-WITCH: EXPLORING GENDER RELATIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

By taking a cross-cultural approach based on library research, content analysis, and fieldwork in the Philippines, this paper compares Southeast Asian and European tales.The Southeast Asian tales are rooted in local philosophical and cultural traditions.Balinese literature is replete with descriptions of rituals to ward off vampires.The flying half

Intense collisional transport of bimodal sediment mixture in open-channel turbulent flow with water as carrying liquid is studied.The study focusses on steep inclined flows transporting solids of spherical shape and differing in either size or mass.A process of vertical sorting (segregation) of the two different solids fractions during the transpor

Prevention of high-risk human-wildlife and human-human interactions, TREEMENDA TEA TREE SHAMPOO which can accelerate the occurrence of future outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, requires global efforts.These efforts should focus on reducing the risk of contact with wildlife, pre-outbreak surveillance of wildlife and high-risk people, improvement of

Gymnema sylvestre is traditionally used as an herbal remedy for diabetes.The effect of Gymnema sylvestre supplementation on beta cell and hepatic activity was explored in an alloxan-induced hyperglycemic adult rat.Animals were made hyperglycemic via a single inj.(i.p) of Alloxan.Gymnema sylvestre was supplemented in diet @250 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg b.