From Festive Sacred to Festive Secular? Indigenous Religious Presence in Two Nigerian Festivals
This article explores the modern-day festival as a timely site for analyzing the politics of indigenous cultural and religious presence in postcolonial and neoliberal Africa. Focusing on the ancient Osun Osogbo Festival and the newer Calabar Carnival and Festival in Nigeria, it raises broader questi...
| Published in: | Numen |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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| In: |
Numen
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Calabar
/ Carnival
/ Osun Osogbo Festival
/ The Holy
/ Cultural heritage
/ Secularization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Tourism
B Sacred Grove B Festivals B Culturalization B indigenous and traditional religions B Globalization B Secularization B Africa B Nigeria B Religious Pluralism B Species B Heritage |
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| Summary: | This article explores the modern-day festival as a timely site for analyzing the politics of indigenous cultural and religious presence in postcolonial and neoliberal Africa. Focusing on the ancient Osun Osogbo Festival and the newer Calabar Carnival and Festival in Nigeria, it raises broader questions of how indigenous religion gets reframed as culture, heritage, and tourist commodity for local, national, and international audiences. Attention is paid to the multiple debates over festival content and representation in the context of local political, economic, and religious interests. The article ultimately makes the case for more comparative research on what may be termed the “festivalization of religion” and how this development relates to questions of “public religion” and “civil religion” in the contemporary African context. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341663 |