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The Women’s Wall
女性之牆
Violence against female worshippers of Kerala’s Sabarimala temple triggered one of the largest congregations of women in India on 1 January, as 5 million women formed a line across the southern Indian state to uphold their rights to equality of worship. Until recently, the popular Hindu pilgrimage site forbade entry to females of menstruating age. The ban was lifted by the supreme court in September 2018, but angry traditionalists and some male devotees have strongly opposed the motion. Many have protested outside government offices and even attacked women who tried to enter the temple. 12
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印度西南部喀拉拉邦的薩巴里馬拉神廟針對女信眾 的暴力行為，在 1月 1日引爆了印度史上最大規模的一 次女性集會。 500萬名印度婦女在當地成排站立，捍 衛她們平等參拜的權利。這個知名的印度教朝聖地過 去一直禁止月經年齡段的女性進入，至去年 9月印度 最高法院頒令廢除有關禁令，卻引起傳統主義者以及 男信眾強烈反對，他們在政府外示威，並據報曾攻擊 1 0多名試圖進入神廟的女性。
