Ritualizing on the boundaries : continuity and innovation in the Tamil diaspora /
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| Sprache: | English |
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Columbia, S.C. :
University of South Carolina Press,
c2006.
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| Schriftenreihe: | Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: Boundaries and the Tamil Diaspora
- The construction of a temple in an American city and the acculturation process
- Shrines as cultural spaces in Singapore
- Tirunelveli North: Nadars in God's beloved Dharavi, Mumbai
- Brahmins and their three shrines
- Double jeopardy: being a Tamil Muslim in a Mumbai Alley
- Libations with 1,008 pots: ritual rules and changing circumstances
- Navarãttiri: nine nights with the goddess in Mumbai
- Trance and "sacred wounding": interpretations of Tai Pũcam at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Singing on the boundaries: Bhajans, saint makers, and the reinterpretation of Arunakiri
- Conclusion.