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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See the explanation of the Mundan ceremony.

http://www.babycenter.in/a1015415/imundani-ceremony[/quote]

Right, but I know Christian Indians who still practice the head shaving.  It also must be rooted in culture, not just religion.[/quote]

I can't speak specifically about this situation.  But I do know that Christianity came to India in many different waves.  The early church came to parts of India, Goa was settled by Portuguese, etc.  I think there are eight or ten individual sources of Christianity in India.

It is possible that some of them adopted it in a syncretic way.  We adopted Christmas when Christianity spread to the Germanic peoples.  Any Christian will tell you it's religious and probably be offended if you claimed it was "cultural".  After all, it's Jesus' birthday.  But we weren't celebrating Jesus' Birthday at the end of December before that, and we weren't hanging Christmas trees or waiting for Santa.  Many Haitians believe in Christianity and Vodou.  Some do this by mapping the Haitian Loa to Saints in Christian history.  The phenomenon is called syncretism.  And it might be what is going on with the people you know.  [/quote]

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