{"product_id":"religious-festivals-in-south-india-and-sri-lanka-hardback-9789394262461","title":"Religious Festivals in South India and Sri Lanka (Hardback) 9789394262461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReligious Festivals in South India and Sri Lanka\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuy R. Welbon (Edited by), Glen E. Yocum (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9789394262461\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExciting celebrations in special time, religious festivals are more than colourful public spectacles. They are mirrors and windows in and through which a full range of human values and concerns – whether religious, aesthetic, social, economic and political – can be seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, twelve scholars explore various dimensions of meaning in some of the many festivals that are vigorously conducted in South India and Sri Lanka. Approaching their subjects from several interdisciplinary perspectives, the authors base their descriptions and interpretations on primary sources: literary documents, their own first-hand observations, and, frequently, a productive combination of textual and contextual data.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays included to unravel the technical intricacies and symbolisms of festival calendars; analyze representative festival cycles; and vividly describe and comment on individual festival performances – from the spectacular Citr? Festivals in Madurai, Mah??ivar?tri, ?sa_la Perahäras at Kataragama and Kandy to less familiar instances of village festivals, temple festival drama, and festive ritual art forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollectively, these essays document some of the richness of festival performances in certain parts of South Asia. Further, through the questions that are posed and the answers that are given in them, they suggest fruitful ways of reconsidering the significance of religious festivals, wherever they are observed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements v\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface vii \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors xi ii \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hindu Festival Calendar—\u003cbr\u003eKaren L. illerrey 1 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFestivals in Paticaratra Literature—\u003cbr\u003eH. Daniel Smith 27 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cycle of Festivals at Parthasarath I. Temple—\u003cbr\u003elames L. Martin 51 The Canclala's Song—\u003cbr\u003eGuy R. Welbon 77 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Citra Festivals in Madurai—\u003cbr\u003eD. Dennis Hudson 101 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronometry, Cosmology, and the Festival Calendar in the Murukan Cult—\u003cbr\u003eFred W. Clothey 157 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahagivaratri: The Saiva Festival of Repentance—\u003cbr\u003eJ. Bruce Long 189 The Festival Interlude: Some Anthropological Observations —\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Hanchett 219 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End is the Beginning: A Festival Chain in Andhra Pradesh Jane M. Christian 243 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKalam Eluttu: Art and Ritual in Kerala—\u003cbr\u003eClifford R. Jones 269 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Kataragama and Kandy Asala Peraharas : Juxta-posing Religious Elemen is in Sri Lanka—\u003cbr\u003eDonald K. Swearer 295 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn-keliya: A Literary-Historical Approach—\u003cbr\u003eGlenn E. locunz 313 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 331\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Manohar Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52652731957528,"sku":"9789394262461","price":52.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/religious-festivals-in-south-india-and-sri-lanka-hardback-9789394262461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}