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Sacred Play:

Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian Religions
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Selva J. Raj
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SUNY Press, 2010 - Religion - 224 pages
  

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Contents

Ritual Levity in South Asian Traditions
1
Playful Breaks with Convention
19
2 Serious Levity at the Shrine of St Anne in South India
21
Ritual Levity Society and Agriculture
37
Primary Marriage among the Newars of Nepal
57
Challenging Convention through Play in Upstate New York
71
Religious Humor and Divine Intimacy
89
6 Friendship Humor Levity and Love in a Hindu Womens Ritual Tradition
91
Varieties of Levity in Contemporary Sinhala Practice
123
Edging Out the Competition
141
9 Playing with Durga in Bengal
143
Humor and Ritual Critiquein South Asian Muharram Rites
161
11 A Catholic Charismatic Healer at Play in North India
185
12 Response
205
Contributors
217
Index
221

The Pain of a Ritual Joke
107

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