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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Core" data-source="post: 7647628" data-attributes="member: 263471">Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of  individuals, behaviours, and groups involving tendencies to deviate from  the normative gender roles. India is home to the largest number of the  transgenders in the world. Due to their unique identity, this community  continues to live as a marginalized group in the society, with very few  livelihood options. Their deviation from the normative gender roles  assigned by general society also causes them to be a largely  discriminated community being at risk to sexual, physical and emotional  abuseTransgender people are called 'Hijras' in India and in  Tamil they are commonly referred to as 'Alis'. The members of the  community have now begun to refer to themselves as Aravanis. Tamil Nadu  has an estimated population of 30,000 transgender people. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/eek.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="eek    :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/eek.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="eek    :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" />  They meet in  Koovagam, a village in the Ulundurpet Taluk of Villupuram district,  Tamil Nadu, India  in the Tamil month of Chitthira [April/May] for an  annual festival which takes place for fifteen days.After an year  long field documentation carried out by NFSC researchers and  collaborators from the Transgender community, NFSC came up with a  40minute documentary that depicts the life cycle ceremonies of the  transgendered community in Tamil Nadu. Starting with their adoption and  initiation in the form of 'Milk pouring ceremony' after the fortieth day  of the surgery, the documentary captures the community gathering in  Koovagam village, for marriage with the God Aravan and widowhood  followed by return to the society after his beheading in Mahabharata  theatre/ritual/festival. Apart from interviews with people from the  transgendered community, the documentary includes excerpts from  traditional epic singing in the praise of God Aravan.                                                   Category:[YOUTUBE]mbCgMAxc2GY[/YOUTUBE]side note=> all Tamils are weird so kick every Tamil ass from Srilanka.</blockquote>

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