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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.

Pierced by Murugan's Lance: Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus

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    Publisher: Cornell University Press
    Publication Date: 01/10/1997
    ISBN13: 9780875805740, 978-0875805740
    ISBN10: 0875805744

    Number of Pages: 254

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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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.

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