Author: Lynn Matluck Brook
Publisher: Ed. Reichenberger
Keywords: del, siglo, oro, teatro, golden, processions, seville, spain, dances
Number of Pages: 411
Published: 1988-12-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3923593651
ISBN-13: 9783923593651

Author: Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: south, asian, routledge, series, diaspora, religion, processions, religions, display, religious, asia
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-03-28
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0415437369
ISBN-13: 9780415437363

Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. Processions are central not only in Hinduism, but also Islam, Christianity, Jainism and Sikhism, which have large procession rituals. The last years have seen an increase in processions and ritualizations of space both in South Asia and in the South Asian Diaspora. Processions are religious display events and the increase in processions are functions of religious pluralism and competition about public space as well as economic prosperity and a revival of religious identities. Processions often bring together religion