South Asian Religions on Display : Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora

by Jacobsen, Knut A.

• ISBN13: 9780203930595
• ISBN10: 0203930592
• Copyright: 2008-03-03
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. This volume presents current research on this important phenomenon dealing with interpretations of the role of processions, the recent increase in processions and changes in the procession traditions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Religion on Display

Processions in South Asia

The Re-Invention of Tamil Funeral Processions

Getting in Line: The Kumbha Mela Festival Processions

Mapping the Management of Threatening Gods and Social Conflict: A Territorial Approach to Processions in a South Indian Village (Tamil Nadu)

Space, Sound, Auspiciousness, and Performance in North Indian Wedding Processions

Public Display, Communal Devotion: Procession at a South Indian Catholic Festival

The Virgin and her 'Relations': Reflections on Processions at a Catholic Shrine in Southern India

'Yeh Matam Kayse Ruk Jae' (How Could this Matam Ever Cease): Muharram Processions in Pakistani Punjab

A Note on the Modernization of Muharram

Muharram Processions and the Ethisation of Hero Cults in the Pre-Modern Deccan

Personalizing the Sikh Scripture: Processions of the Guru Granth Sahib in India

Processions in the South Asian Diaspora

Gods on the Move: Chariot Processions in Urban Singapore

Parading Hindu Gods in Public: New Festival Traditions of Tamil Hindus in Germany

Processions, Public Space and Sacred Space in the South Asian Diaspora in Norway

Rathayatra of the Hare Krishnas in Durban: Inventing Strategies to Transmit Religious Ideas in Modern Society

'Conclusion and Future Prospects'

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