Sashimani Devi, Last of India’s Jagannath Temple Ritual Dancers, Dies at 92

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Initiated into service at the temple when she was a small girl, she was the last dancer in a centuries-old tradition that was condemned as exploitative by social reformers.http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/44b50cea/sc/38/mf.gif


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