earpieces

[Madhav Deshpande]

	The subject of male ear-rings in India is indeed very interesting 
and important.  We indeed hear of KarNa in the Mahaabhaarata as 
possessing divine Kavaca and KuNDalas.  In the 17th century Maharashtra, 
there is clear evidence of ear-rings as being common for Brahman males.  
They are given as gifts of honor by kings.  The Marathi word for it is 
"bhikbaaLii".  Male Brahman children to this day have their ears 
routinely pierced.  I myself have pierced ears, which were indeed useful 
to me when I acted the roles of the kings Agnimitra and Dushyanta during 
my college days in Pune, and I had to wear the royal ear-rings, along 
with the rest of the costume.
	Madhav Deshpande

On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Petri Pulliainen wrote:

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> 		I`m 26 year old graduating student from Lahti Institute of Design,
> 		Goldsmithing and Jewellery Design Department. For graduating
> 		I`m doing a research of male earpieces and existence in different
> 		cultures. I`d need as much information as possible about, how
> 		those were related into ones social statue, and were there any 
> 		particular group of men who did wear those? I`m searching any-
> 		kind of information, it don`t have to be related to your culture, 
> 		cause research area is from 5000 B.C >>>>>> 1996 A.D.  Pictoral 
> 		evidence would be very precious to me. Already thankful for
> 		your help!!!!!!!!!!!
> 		P.S. also names of books and writers helps and www paths too !
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> 							Yours humble student
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