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Living Goddesses

Sahar Zand travels to Nepal to find out if the choosing of the Kumaris, young girls who live as goddesses, is an exploititive or an emporwering practice.

For centuries in Nepal girls, some as young as one, have been chosen to be living goddesses - or Kumaris. They are worshipped and revered by Buddhists and Hindus. The title is bestowed on three girls at any one time. Once appointed, the Kumari is confined to the temple and has little contact with the outside world and they hit puberty they must leave and try to live an ordinary life. As part of the 100 Women season, Sahar Zand travels to Nepal to find out if this practice empowers women or demeans them.

30 minutes

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Wed 7 Dec 2016 03:30GMT

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Presenter Sahar Zand

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