Food symbolism in Hindu Nepal

Cultural symbols that derive from food and eating pervade high caste Hindu society in Nepal. A very similar preoccupation with food has been noted for other Hindu areas as well. In accent, it have been noted that there is psychologically and linguistically, considerable accent on 'the eating'. Food can be seen to be related to purity, pollution and caste ranking. There is seen to be an association between food and social control in a village of south India. Ritual food offerings in south India are complex communicative acts that can be analysed much like language