Khasi-Jaintia Folklore

Khasi-Jaintia Folklore PDF Author: Soumen Sen
Publisher: NFSC www.indianfolklore.org
ISBN: 8190148133
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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With reference to United Khāsi-Jaintia Hills (India).

Khasi-Jaintia Folklore

Khasi-Jaintia Folklore PDF Author: Soumen Sen
Publisher: NFSC www.indianfolklore.org
ISBN: 8190148133
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Book Description
With reference to United Khāsi-Jaintia Hills (India).

Folklore Identity Development

Folklore Identity Development PDF Author: Dr. Soumen Sen
Publisher: Anjali Publishers
ISBN: 8189620681
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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The essays are written in the context of the so-called tribal areas of the north-eastern region of India. The base data in most cases have however been collected from Meghalaya, the Khasi-Jaintia Hills in particular, my primary research universe. However, the ethnic groups living in the mountainous terrain of India’s north-east, show a characteristic unity, despite linguistic and cultural diversities, that of being in a state of social format called ‘tribal’ facing similar problems of static life, economy and under-development. Added to this are the tensions generated in recent years when education and some waves of development reached the region and tribal self-governing states in the Indian Union came in to being. Consequently, new issues have come into the fore–the issues relating to self-assertion, retention of the age-old cultural identity, the crisis of adjustment between tradition and modernity, and above all, the tensions of a change-over from the tranquil folklife to modern hurly-burly including those of the fast moving world in the days of globalization. Consequently, there also appeared a concern with folklore, the search for a ‘lore’ of essential core, to write a new history. Khasi Jaintia Oral Texts Folklore and Development Antithetic NorthEast India Mentalities,The Folklife and the Socio Psychologial Issues of Development Identity Narrative, Ritual and Historical Jaintia Religion and Identity Khasi Orality Khasi-Jaintia Genre of Folklore The Nongkrem Dances of Khasi Meghalaya Hills, Dales and Groves Folk, Court, Popular Hermeneutics of Religious Practices Verrier Elwin North-East Frontier

Revisiting Traditional Institutions in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills

Revisiting Traditional Institutions in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills PDF Author: Charles Reuben Lyngdoh
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443857629
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Traditional institutions in the Khasi-Jaintia society are “living organisms” which have existed for centuries and internally evolved from one phase to another. Despite having come into contact with newer and more modern forms of administration, they continue to exist, backed by local public opinion that has called for their continuity amidst diminishing responsibility and utility. This collection of papers explores the landscapes of traditional institutions that exist in the present Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, India. The chapters blend oral tradition with historical records and available sources from secondary literature. They examine the interplay of power and functions between the constitutional authorities, such as the state government, and the Autonomous District Councils and traditional authorities represented by the traditional institutions.

Folklore Tradition Urbanity

Folklore Tradition Urbanity PDF Author: Dr. Soumen Sen
Publisher: Anjali Publishers
ISBN: 8189620673
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Though assorted, the essays in this book display an element of unity. Written, to read in seminars and conferences, and publish in journals and volumes, during past five-six years mostly, these essays traverse a few hither to unchartered areas of Indian folklorography. Tradition has been viewed in the perspective of social dynamics as a ‘transitive series with seals of forms’ in different phases of history, determining the analytical categories we use in the spaces of countering cultures. Orality, a dominant marker of folklore in its conventional, stereotype, assessment and concept, is seen in the problematic of inter-textuality between the oral and the written. Likewise, folklore, treated as rural constructs only in terms of nineteenth century perception, has been reviewed and revisited, to find that it contains fairly strong urban ingredients. Urbanity, which was viewed as a threat to the authenticity of folklore, till the mid-fifties of the last century, is perceived in the new and currently prevailing trends in folklorography, as a distinct space for the growth of challenging and equally strong folk discourses. Development processes of urbanization, even mega-urbanization, and folklore are not antithetic.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East PDF Author: William M. Clements
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Designed for students and general readers, this massive encyclopedia authoritatively reviews the folklore and folkways of cultures from around the world.

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses PDF Author: Sahdev Luhar
Publisher: N. S. Patel (Autonomous) Arts College, Anand
ISBN: 8195500846
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses is an interesting compilation of twenty-eight critical articles on the beginning of folklore studies in the different parts of India. In the absence of a book that could map the history of Indian folklore studies single-handedly, this book can be deemed as the first-of-its-kind to feature the historical development of folklore studies in the different states of India. This book succinctly introduces the readers to the folk culture, folk arts, and folk genres of a particular region and to the different aspects of folkloristic researches carried out in that region.

South Asian Folklore

South Asian Folklore PDF Author: Peter Claus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000143538
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 754

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With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.

Khasi Cultural Theology

Khasi Cultural Theology PDF Author: Tloyen Nongsiej
Publisher: ISPCK
ISBN: 9788172146696
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Social and State Formation in Khasi-Jaintia Hills

Social and State Formation in Khasi-Jaintia Hills PDF Author: Soumen Sen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jaintia (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Folk-tales of the Khasis

Folk-tales of the Khasis PDF Author: Mrs. Rafy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Khasi
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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