Pierced by Murugan's Lance
Författare:
Inbunden, 1997
engelska
563 kr
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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.
- Undertitel
- Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among the Malaysian Hindus
- Författare
- Collins Elizabeth Fuller
- ISBN
- 9780875802237
- Språk
- engelska
- Vikt
- 567 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 1997-10-01
- Förlag
- Cornell University Press
- Sidor
- 246
