South Asian religions on display :religious processions in South Asia and in the diaspora
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London ; New York
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Routledge
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Routledge South Asian religion series
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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edited by Knut A. Jacobsen
CONTENTS NOTE
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The reinvention of Tamil funeral processions / Isabelle Clark-Deces -- Getting in line : the Kumbha Mela festival processions / James G. Lochtefeld -- Mapping the management of threatening gods and social conflict : a territorial approach to processions in a South Indian village )Tamil Nadu( / Pierre-Yves Trouillet -- Space, sound, auspiciousness, and performance in North Indian wedding processions / Gregory D. Booth -- Public display, communal devotion : procession at a South Indian Catholic festival / Selva J. Raj -- The Virgin and her 'relations' : reflections on processions at a Catholic shrine in southern India / Matthias Frenz -- 'Yeh matam kayse ruk jae?' )'How could this matam ever cease?'( : Muharram processions in Pakistani Punjab / Mariam Abou Zahab -- Moderating Muharran / Stig Toft Madsen and Muhammad Hassan -- Muharram processions and the ethicization of hero cults in the pre-modern Deccan / Hugh Van Skyhawk -- Personifying the Sikh scripture : ritual processions of the Guru Granth Sahib in India / Kristina Myrvold -- Gods on the move : Hindu chariot processions in Singapore / Vineeta Sinha -- Parading Hindu gods in public : new festival traditions of Tamil Hindus in Germany / Brigitte Luchesi -- Processions, public space and sacred space in the South Asian diasporas in Norway / Knut A. jacobsen -- Rathayatra of the Hare Krishnas in Durban : inventing strategies to transmit religious ideas in modern society / P. Pratap Kumar -- Conclusion and future prospects / Knut A Jacobsen