Elizabeth Fuller Collins - Pierced by Murugan's Lance - Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus

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Elizabeth Fuller Collins

Pierced by Murugan's Lance - Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus

English · Paperback / Softback

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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.

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Authors Elizabeth Fuller Collins
Publisher Cornell University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.10.1997
 
EAN 9780875805740
ISBN 978-0-87580-574-0
No. of pages 254
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
Weight 454 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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