Pierced by Murugan's Lance

by Elizabeth Fuller Collins

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875805744
• ISBN13: 9780875805740
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher