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Thaipusam in Malaysia : a Hindu festival in the Tamil diaspora
Title
Thaipusam in Malaysia : a Hindu festival in the Tamil diaspora / Carl Vadivella Belle.
ISBN
9789814695756
9814695750
Publication
Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2017.
Physical Description
xxxii, 401 pages, [16] pages of plates ; 23 cm
Notes
In English.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 06, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-390) and index.
Contents
Indians in Malaysia, the social and ethnic context
Tamil traditions and South Indian Hinduism
Colonialism, colonial knowledge and Hindu reform movements
4. Hinduism in Malaysia, an overview
Murugan, a Tamil deity
Phenomenology of Thaipusam at Batu Caves
Other Thaipusams
Thaipusam considered, the divine crossing.
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