Religious Encounters: Empowerment through Tamil Outcaste Folk Drumming
The performance of the folk paṟai frame drum of South India is a site of religious encounter that syncretizes symbols and practices from Hinduism, Christianity, Tamil agricultural life, and Dalit liberation movements. This essay analyzes three cases of religious syncretism and indigenization of Chri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2017]
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Interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-79 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBM Asia |
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| Summary: | The performance of the folk paṟai frame drum of South India is a site of religious encounter that syncretizes symbols and practices from Hinduism, Christianity, Tamil agricultural life, and Dalit liberation movements. This essay analyzes three cases of religious syncretism and indigenization of Christianity to Tamil village culture that transform the meaning of this drum from polluted to a sonic tool of liberation against caste oppression. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964316670860 |