Tallenna
Pierced by Murugan's Lance
sidottu, 1997
englanti
An analysis of the Thaipusam festival of the Hindu Tamils of Malaysia and the vows they make to the god Murugan. It explores the meaning of vow fulfilment as reflected in social, economic and political divisions in the Tamil community, and the practice of ritual as a form of symbolic action.
- Alaotsikko
- Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption Among Malaysian Hindus
- ISBN
- 9780875802237
- Kieli
- englanti
- Paino
- 567 grammaa
- Julkaisupäivä
- 1.10.1997
- Kustantaja
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Sivumäärä
- 246
