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Playing God: Belief and Ritual in the Muttappan Cult of North Malabar
Theodore Gabriel
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| #9712212 in Books | Equinox Publishing | 2010-11-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.60 x.60 x5.60l,.66 | File type: PDF | 116 pages | |||
"This fascinating little book deals in detail with what at first might seem a small cult, colourful and dynamic certainly, but of significance merely local to its place of origin in the Indian state of Kerala. As the story unfolds, however, it becomes cle
Playing God discusses the genre of rituals known as the 'Teyyam extent' in the North Malabar region of Kerala State, India. In this elaborately costumed ritual, practitioners invoke the spirit of a deity into themselves which constitutes a splendid theophany in which, when the ritual process is over, the devotees are able to talk to the "god" and invoke his/her blessings and predictions of their future. This book concentrates on the cult of the Muttappan duo of gods, the...
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