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Shakti the Power
Shakti is a religious Hindu word derived from its script called Sanskrit. Shakti means power, but people in Tamilnadu and eastern Srilanka have special meaning for it. It is the heart and secret women power because women have special status in the Tamil society. It is found in every drop of female blood. Blood is a center of Shakti. People believe that every type of food we eat turns into blood (1).
Family members become happy during first period of a girl because she is becoming ‘Cumangali' (2), a married woman with husband and children (3). Secreting much blood during period is the indication of her power (4). Tamil people celebrate the girl's first menstruation delightfully. The early stages of menstruation and sexual feeling, when a girl comes to age are considered to be the result of excessive blood production. Women have more blood naturally, thus they have more Shakti than men do, but after menstruation, they loss some Shakti. Tamils believe that this......

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