The transmission of oral tradition in religious and domestic contexts among South African Tamil Indians.
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1993
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Abstract
This study attempts to discuss the transmission of oral tradition in religious and domestic contexts among the Indian Tamil Hindu people of South Africa.
In chapter one, the focus of this study, as well as some reasons for choosing the Tamil group are discussed. The focus of this essay is to highlight the transmission of oral tradition in communities that have been physically separated from the original homes of those particular communities. Thereafter, in chapter two, examples of surviving domestic rituals are analysed. Life cycle rituals and calendrical rituals that are
performed in the home are discussed with examples. Examples of
surviving public rituals are considered in chapter three. An account of the rituals that are performed in the temple [either calendrical or of a personal nature] is given. In chapter four Tamil Hindu mythology which has survived in this country is given consideration. Lord Siva, in particular, is discussed to a greater extent. An overview of how some of the tradition has survived concludes this essay.
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Thesis (M.A.) - University of Natal, Durban. 1993.
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Tamil (Indic People)--South Africa., Hinduism--South Africa., Civilization, Hindu., Oral tradition--South Africa., Theses--Orality-literacy studies.