Accommodating a mega-festival: the Āti Atti Varatar Vaipavam festival in Kanchipuram

As public performances, festivals celebrate what people believe, who people are, and project what people want to be. Festivals are an important medium by which cultural, social, and religious identities are represented and negotiated. This is especially pronounced in exceptional festival events whic...

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Main Author: Hüsken, Ute (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 488-507
ISSN:1096-1151
DOI:10.1080/0048721X.2023.2228111
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2023.2228111
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