Gujarat: Tribal Chic - Crossing Borders In Eastern Gujarat

Gujarat: Tribal Chic - Crossing Borders In Eastern Gujarat   Gregory D. Alles, 2012   This article constructively engages Thomas Tweed's theory of religion (Crossing and Dwelling) by examining the applicability of some of its key concepts to traditional religious practices of ādivāsīs, India's so-called indigenous or tribal peoples, in eastern Gujarat. Focusing on traditional ritual activities as the crossing of ontological borders, it suggests that a better understanding of ādivāsī...

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