{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64a29d6d16d46f0011cb8be0/65cb3719bf8319001642001f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Princess Alka's bathing ritual, Rajasthan 1831","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64a29d6d16d46f0011cb8be0/1707843356422-5f37e7424f9b8e43bb0ec21eaef5d337.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, we reveal a beauty ritual practised in Rajasthan, India, in the early 19th century.&nbsp;</p><p>Troubled by the English romanticism that offered her a glimpse of Western freedom, young princess Alka found appeasement in a meticulous series of vigorous head and body massages, and in the famous Indian ablutions ceremonial.&nbsp;</p><p>In the form of a tale, Buly tells you all about this ritual, which is as much a spiritual process as anything else.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Officine Universelle Buly"}