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(Excluded Indonesia from the list of south Asian countries. Indonesia is southeast Asian. Also, Indonesia knows no hijras. In our language, those people are called 'banci'. 'Hijrah' means the emigration of Muhammad and his companions from Mecca to Medina.) |
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| flag = Hijra by HijrAnon.png | |||
| meaning = Design based on Ardhanarishvara. A deity that is a combination of Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati, thus Ardhanarishvara is literally half-man, and half-woman. | |||
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[[File:Hermaphrodite Indian entertainers (c. 1865).jpg|thumb|A group of Hijra, circa 1865.]] | [[File:Hermaphrodite Indian entertainers (c. 1865).jpg|thumb|A group of Hijra, circa 1865.]] | ||
[[File:Hijra Protest Islamabad.jpg|thumb|A Pakistani hijra at a protest between two hijra groups from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 2008.]] | [[File:Hijra Protest Islamabad.jpg|thumb|A Pakistani hijra at a protest between two hijra groups from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 2008.]] | ||