A01=Elizabeth Fuller Collins
Author_Elizabeth Fuller Collins
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Product details
- ISBN 9780875805740
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1997
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
