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The transmission of oral tradition in religious and domestic contexts among South African Tamil Indians.

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dc.contributor.advisorArgyle, W. John.
dc.contributor.authorArchary, Kogielam Keerthi.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-31T13:33:53Z
dc.date.available2012-08-31T13:33:53Z
dc.date.created1993
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.) - University of Natal, Durban. 1993.
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/6281
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectTamil (Indic People)--South Africa.en
dc.subjectHinduism--South Africa.en
dc.subjectCivilization, Hindu.en
dc.subjectOral tradition--South Africa.en
dc.subjectTheses--Orality-literacy studies.en
dc.titleThe transmission of oral tradition in religious and domestic contexts among South African Tamil Indians.en
dc.typeThesisen

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