Title
Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.
Date
1727
Bibliographic Citation
THEVENOT, Jean de. Les voyages de Mr. De Thévenot aux Indes Orientales, contenans une description exacte de l'Indostan, des nouveaux Mogols, & des autres peuples & païs des Indes Orientales; avec leurs moeurs & maximes, religions, fêtes, temples, pagodes, cimetiéres, commerce, & autres choses remarquables. Troisième edition, vol. V, Amsterdam, Michel Charles le Céne, M. DCC. XXVII. [=1727].
Area/Place
Kabul
Afghanistan
Subject
Religious practices
Social sphere and everyday life
Collection
The Gennadius Library - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens