“Divali is for The Dead”: Abiding Relatedness and Bittersweet Revelries in a Tamil Nadu Village
In the face of orthodox ritual imperatives to alienate and render them ineffable, how are ancestors made present to and represented by their living kin, specifically during festivities? This article juxtaposes Divali’s customary overtones of triumph over evil and darkness and cultivations of prosper...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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Material religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 563-583 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tamil Nadu
/ Divali
/ Ritual
/ Death
/ Custom
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Festivals
B intimate theology B ritual infrastructure B Mourning B Ancestors |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |