Kerala's Puḷḷuvas and Pāmpum Tuḷḷal : An Ethnography of Ritual Practice /

Kerala's Puḷḷuvas and Pāmpum Tuḷḷal : An Ethnography of Ritual Practice /

Kerala's Puḷḷuvas and Pāmpum Tuḷḷal is a story about the lives of Kerala's Puḷḷuva ritual specialists and their days-long ritual performance, pāmpum tuḷḷal, or the "jumping dance" of the serpent deities (nāgam or pāmpu). The ritual is commissioned by members of Kerala's land...

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Main Authors: Neff, Deborah L. (Author), Kaladharan, V. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024.

Subjects:

Dalit.
Ethnology.
Music.
Ritual.

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Call Number: GN645

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Introduction /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • A Paယmpum Tulḷḷal Ritual /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Puḷḷuva Performance Lifestyles /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • The Ascendance of Naယgarယja /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Puḷḷuva Myths, Cultures, and Identities /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Puḷḷuva Rights, Resistance, and Innovation /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Puḷḷuvas and their Rituals in Myth and History /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Puḷḷuvas and Pāmpum Tuḷal 1988-2022 /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Glossary /
  • Deborah L. Neff
  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
  • Deborah L. Neff.