海吉拉(;;;;;;)是[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%9E?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 南亞]地區對[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E8%AE%8A%E6%80%A7?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 變性]者或[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E8%B7%A8%E6%80%A7%E5%88%A5?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 跨性別]人士的稱呼。海吉拉通常被认为是[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89%E6%80%A7?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 第三性]——既不是男性,也不是女性。绝大多数的海吉拉都是生理男性或者[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8F%8C%E6%80%A7%E4%BA%BA?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 双性人],但也有部分生理女性的海吉拉(一般称为海吉拉斯)。
[[File:Hijra Protest Islamabad.jpg|thumb|right|海吉拉在[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%85%B0%E5%A0%A1?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 伊斯兰堡]示威|link=https://87.106.195.172/w/File:Hijra_Protest_Islamabad.jpg?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn]]
[[File:Hijra.jpg|right|210px|thumb|一名印度[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E6%9E%9C%E9%98%BF%E9%82%A6?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 果阿邦]的“海吉拉”。|link=https://87.106.195.172/w/File:Hijra.jpg?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn]]
尽管海吉拉被认为是“[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E9%98%89%E4%BA%BA?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 阉人]”,但他们当中只有很少一部分人做过[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8F%98%E6%80%A7%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%AF?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 变性手术]。
来历
海吉拉的来历可以在[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 印度]两大史诗之一的《[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E7%BD%97%E6%91%A9%E8%A1%8D%E9%82%A3?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 罗摩衍那]》中找到答案。
传说王子[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E7%BD%97%E6%91%A9?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 罗摩](印度神[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E6%AF%97%E6%B9%BF%E5%A5%B4?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 毗湿奴]的化身之一)放弃王位,离开妻子和弟弟自我放逐了14年,在林中苦苦修炼并得到神力。在这些年中,所有的男女仆人都离开了罗摩,只有一个被阉割的仆人等了14年,一直等到主人归来。这个仆人就成了“海吉拉”的始祖。因为“海吉拉”从一开始就得到了罗摩的祝福,因此,印度传统上认为“海吉拉”具有法力,是吉祥的人,能为人带来好运、驱除厄运,而遭到其诅咒的人就会失去性能力。
海吉拉的现状
印度人称海吉拉为“神的使者”、“神的新娘”,而实际上,在一般印度人眼里,第三性的海吉拉等同[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E8%B4%B1%E6%B0%91?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 贱民]。他们是印度最受轻视、最孤立的群体,被排斥在社会的边缘,生活在阴暗的世界里,遵循着自己的习惯和规矩,与普通人保持着距离。
但近年来,海吉拉们奋发求存,她们的精英分子勇闯政界、时装界,在社会崭露头角,俨然成为印度社会两性以外的“第三性力量”:
- 2000年,[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%A9%86%E7%BD%97%E9%97%A8?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 婆罗门]家庭出生的海吉拉——沙勃楠姆当选中央邦议员。四十岁的沙勃楠姆,人称“叔叔”,当议员之前靠表演歌舞维生;
- 2001年,印度北方邦首府[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8B%92%E5%85%8B%E7%91%99?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 勒克瑙]举行时装表演,主办当局邀请六名海吉拉斯与职业模特儿同台演出,为他们进军时装界打响了头炮;
- 2001年,中央邦首府[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8D%9A%E5%B8%95%E5%B0%94?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 博帕尔]举行了“世界阉割者选美会”,参加选美的佳丽超过一百人。
日前,有印度传媒报道说,该国第一位海吉拉市长——卡姆拉被法庭剥夺其官职,原因是“卡姆拉即使阉割了,仍是个男人”。受此事影响,不少海吉拉开始担心自己的政治前途,目前还有人考虑是否组成一个[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%85%9A%E6%B4%BE?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 党派],以便争取应得的权利。
孟加拉国从2013年11月份开始,正式承认第三性,在官方文件上标注海吉拉身份。
2014年4月起,印度最高法院宣佈從法律上承認第三性人士。
对海吉拉的描述
[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 中国]作者[https://87.106.195.172/w/%E5%8D%95%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly96aC53aWtpcGVkaWEub3Jn 单一夫]在一篇名为《在印度列车上遇见“海吉拉斯”》的随笔中写道:“(海吉拉的)身材高瘦,肩膀却宽得不成比例,赤脚,身裹粉紫色纱丽,脸上浓脂厚粉,眉心涂一颗硕大红痣,仿佛第三只眼,与一双黑眼睛一起射出三道凶光。她身后的‘小跟班’妆容朴素,个头稍矮,像个尚未发育的少女,眼睛里却有着成年人的阴郁。 ”
参考文献
延伸閱讀
Amara Das Wilhelm(2004). Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex: Understanding Homosexuality,Transgender Identity,and Intersex Conditions Through Hinduism.
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