South Asian Religions on Display : Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora

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ISBN: 9780203930595 | 0203930592
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Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. This volume presents current research on this important phenomenon dealing with interpretations of the role of processions, the recent increase in processions and changes in the procession traditions.

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Introduction: Religion on Display
Processions in South Asia
The Re-Invention of Tamil Funeral Processions
Getting in Line: The Kumbha Mela Festival Processions
Mapping the Management of Threatening Gods and Social Conflict: A Territorial Approach to Processions in a South Indian Village (Tamil Nadu)
Space, Sound, Auspiciousness, and Performance in North Indian Wedding Processions
Public Display, Communal Devotion: Procession at a South Indian Catholic Festival
The Virgin and her 'Relations': Reflections on Processions at a Catholic Shrine in Southern India
'Yeh Matam Kayse Ruk Jae' (How Could this Matam Ever Cease): Muharram Processions in Pakistani Punjab
A Note on the Modernization of Muharram
Muharram Processions and the Ethisation of Hero Cults in the Pre-Modern Deccan
Personalizing the Sikh Scripture: Processions of the Guru Granth Sahib in India
Processions in the South Asian Diaspora
Gods on the Move: Chariot Processions in Urban Singapore
Parading Hindu Gods in Public: New Festival Traditions of Tamil Hindus in Germany
Processions, Public Space and Sacred Space in the South Asian Diaspora in Norway
Rathayatra of the Hare Krishnas in Durban: Inventing Strategies to Transmit Religious Ideas in Modern Society
'Conclusion and Future Prospects'
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South Asian Religions on Display : Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora

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