Playing host to deity :
Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford ; | New York :) Physical details: vii, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0195140443 (cloth : alk. paper). Year: 2002Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-183) and index.
Machine generated contents note: I. ANCIENT PATTERNS -- 1. Return to the Mountains: The Ayyappan Festival in Sabarimalai, Kerala, 17 -- 2. On the Edge of the Forest: A Festival of Romance in -- Kataragama, Sri Lanka, 26 -- 3. The Goddess of Kotufikalor: A Festival of the Wild Goddess of -- Ancient Kerala, 41 -- 4. Wandering and Romance with Lord Rankanatan: The Ati or "Original" Festival -- in Srirankam, 51 -- II. MEDIEVAL STRUCTURES -- 5. The Family of Sivan in the Kaveri River Valley: The Traditions of -- the Tiruvanaikka Temple, 61 -- 6. Monks and Kings Intervene: The Kandy Perahara in Central Sri Lanka, 69 -- 7. Singing the Tamil Hymnbook: The Adhyayanotsava Festival in -- Srirafikam, 80 -- 8. Dance and Trance in the Presence of Mariyamman: The Festival of -- Mariyamman of Samayapuram, 95 -- III. MODERN FORMS -- 9. Healing Mother VelaAikanni: Hindu Patterns of Worship at -- a Christian Shrine, 109 -- 10. The Window Opens in Mannarkat: A Vision of Mary in -- a Syrian Christian Church of Kerala, 118 -- 11. Can Sivan be "Re-formed"? The Changing Festival Patterns in -- the Village of Murukapula, 125 -- 12. Dance and Trance in a New World: A Mariyamman Festival in -- Guyana, 133 -- 13. Suburban Promises: A Kavati Festival in South Africa, 144 -- 14. A Bath for Dancing Sivan in the Cold of Canada: Adapting a Festival to -- a New Environment, 153 -- Conclusion, 161 -- Notes, 165 -- References, 179 -- Index, 185.