21 avril 2022
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Ulrike Niklas, « Bulls for St. Anthony Religio-Cultural Syncretism in a Ceṭṭināṭu Village », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.7931
Introduction The tiny village of Kaṇṭuppaṭṭi lies deep inside the arid zone of Ceṭṭināṭu, not far from Naṭarācaṉkōṭṭai, on one of the roads that connect Civakaṅkai to Kāraikkuṭi. I first became aware of this village a few years ago, through a wall-poster in Kāraikkuṭi, announcing a mañcuviraṭṭu to take place in Kaṇṭuppaṭṭi on the 5th of the Tamiḻ month Tai. On arrival in the village, the morning of the mañcuviraṭṭu, I was confronted with a poster welcoming participants and spectators of the e...