folklore
A Study of Demonic Women and the Politics of Transgression in Garo, Mizo, Lepcha Folklores and Songs
Ethnicity, folklore, gender reversals, India, kinship, Masculinity studies, Masculinizing women, narratology, North East IndiaBy: DEBASHREE SINHA, KALINDI SHARMA – The paper attempts to understand the reconfiguring of mainstream gender specificities in tribal songs, myths and folklores of the hills of the Northeast. We intend to understand figure of the demonic/liberated/ women artists in folklores and songs of tribal communities of the hills. We begin with Mizo women poets…
Rang Taiba’s Stone: A Study of a Megalith in Maram Khullen, Manipur, India
By: S. CHONGLOI, Q. MARAK – Megaliths, large stone structures, are seen aplenty in some regions in Northeast India. This paper discusses the megaliths found in the Maram areas in Manipur, India, and its cultural significance. Interestingly, these megaliths continue to have a living tradition connected to them, and hence are considered history markers to…
Rajbansi Festivals. Decoding Indigenous Knowledge System
By: ASHOK DAS GUPTA – Indigenous Knowledge System/ IKS and the set of local-level material apparatus are dependent upon non-adaptive domains of the folk life (>folk culture>material apparatus). Altogether non-reflective intangible part of culture (cultural values, social norms, folkways, taboo and traditional belief); reflective and tangible part (set of material apparatus) and reflective but non-tangible…
Vampires and vampirism: pathological roots of a myth
By: MORENO TIZIANI – Many cultures have developed myths and legends about vampires and hematofages with different features and behaviours. These tales have many commonelements, as the dualism between “life” and “death”. According to some anthropogical currents, these symbols don’t come up from nothing, but follow a process of transformation drawing elements from real experience,…
I beni immateriali
By: LUNA D'AMBROSI – Tratto essenziale ed universale d’ogni cultura è sempre stata l’esigenza di piegare e plasmare la natura ai propri usi e bisogni nel tentativo di lasciare una traccia tangibile del proprio passaggio. L’uomo si è sempre cimentato nella costruzione di grandi edifici, monumenti e imponenti complessi architettonici con fini tanto logistici quanto…