Pierced by Murugan's Lance
Kirjailija:
Nidottu, 1997
englanti
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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
- Kirjailija
- Collins Elizabeth Fuller
- ISBN
- 9780875805740
- Kieli
- englanti
- Paino
- 454 grammaa
- Julkaisupäivä
- 1.10.1997
- Kustantaja
- Cornell University Press
- Sivumäärä
- 254
