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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.dnsfi7
- isbn: 9781783741021
- eisbn: 9782821876163
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India oral tradition folklore storytelling Inde art de conter folklore tradition orale Folklore Literature (General) LIT008020 DSBSujets proches
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Francesca Orsini et al., « Introduction », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.dnsfi7
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Khwāndan: To read, to recite [...] to sing. What would an auditory history of South Asia sound like? As we walk down a city street or a neighbourhood lane in contemporary India, loudspeakers hanging from electricity poles spread the tune of a choral bhajan or amateur singing at a ritual wake, while few neighbourhoods are out of aural reach of an azan, the call to prayer. Public spaces are routinely occupied by religious processions with drums, marriage processions with band baja, or politica...