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Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal

Dancing the Self: Personhood and Performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal

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LinguisticsMythology & FolkloreHinduism

ISBN10: 0195139143
ISBN13: 9780195139143
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 28 2002
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.46
Language: English
For ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal in northern India. Sax attended and participated in performances of the pandav lila (a ritual reenactment of scenes from the Mahabharata in a dance) and observed its context in village life. Combining ethnographic fieldwork with sophisticated reflection on the larger meanings of these rituals and practices, this volume presents the information in a style accessible to the uninitiated reader. Sax opens a window on a fascinating (and threatened) aspect of rural Indian life and on Hinduism as a living religion, while providing an accessible introduction to the Mahabharata itself.

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