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...last week, a Hindu who wanted to get rid of his wife had only to say: "Get thee to thy father's house: I will take another." Hindu .custom permitted polygamy, although it was a general practice only among the rich and among India's 35 million Moslems...
Among India's many primitive sects, one of the strangest is the orgiastic Shakta. The five elements of Shakta worship are madya (liquor), mamsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudra (grain), and maithuna (sexual intercourse), and it has long been their custom to worship the Hindu goddess Shakti by seeking unity of body and soul in communal sex rites. Such is kanchalia dharam, the ceremony of the blouse...
...Labor Department officials are deeply concerned, and Mexico's President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines has been trying hard to get guilty officials fired and jailed. But the bite is an ancient, entrenched custom in Mexico. Serrano, for one, could not wait. With 300 pesos, a big bite out of the savings that must provide for his wife and family while he is away, he paid the coyote. Last week he crossed the border and headed, literally and figuratively, for the lettuce...
...backyard, motor trips along country roads and across the country, weekend golf and water skiing. From America's lively leisure has evolved a new, home-grown fashion, as different from Paris fashion as apple pie from crepes suzette. Paris can still claim its title as the custom-fashion capital of the world. But the French still design for Veblenesque leisure. Their clothes compliment the designer, whereas America's are made to compliment the wearer. A young Manhattan mother put it simply: "When I get dressed up, I have little time to make up to the dress; I want...
...form, who "constructs" clothes with a feminine look for the small, rounded figure; Vera Maxwell, whose simple clothes have an English flavor; Tina Leser, who designs exotic play clothes, using foreign and art themes; Sydney Wragge, who uses color-coordinated silks, linens and tweeds, attains a classic, custom-made look in his sportswear; and Carolyn Schnurer, who does gay, colorful collections sometimes inspired by foreign travels...