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tamasha
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tamasha [təˈmɑːʃə]
n
(in India) a show; entertainment
[via Urdu from Arabic: a stroll, saunter]


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Some tamashas have a quasi-religious value, such as exhibitions of "auspicious" five-legged cows which are mentioned in nineteenth century accounts of the mela, (58) and a joy ride at the 2007 Ardh Kumbh, "Ma Ganga Devi Yatra," which resembled a roller coaster, except the car moves at a more dignified pace up a construction representing Mount Kaliash, to the source of the Ganga, concluding not with a rush, but a darshan of Shiva and his divine consort Parvati.
As a long-standing observer of such tamashas (shenanigans) I always think I have seen the ultimate in flattery.
 
 
 
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