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Land and worship: a reading of paintings by two South African artists of Indian ancestry / Moodley, Nalini

Moodley, Nalini	Article
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This article, drawn from my doctoral study, focuses on the landscape paintings of two South African graduates of the former Indian institution, the University of Durban-Westville. The work is analysed through the lens of Hindu philosophy and Hindu ritualistic practice which views the earth as fundamental for survival and intrinsically linked to the cosmic order. This article presents the Hindu attachment to the land seen in the expansive imagery of Hindu deities located within serene landscapes resplendent in its attention to mythological and symbolic details. This attachment positions Hinduism as a guide to the exploration of the paintings. This article locates the work within the complex historical base of Indians in South Africa, and the impact it had on contemporary artists of Indian ancestry. While their art production addresses their conflating Indian/South Africanness, their paintings can be viewed as a veiled historiography of the Indian presence in South Africa.

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Hinduism ; Memory ; Landscape ; Worship ; Indianness ; Deities

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Matrix of power: Tantra, Kingship, and sacrifice in the workship of mother goddess Kamakhya / Urban, B Hugh

Urban, B Hugh	Journal Article
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2008.

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Power ; Assam ; Matrix ; Tantra ; Kingship ; Goddess ;
Kamakhya ; Mother ; Guwahati ; Worship

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Turning Indigenous Sacred Sites into Intangible Heritage: Authority Figures and Ritual Appropriation in Inner Mongolia / Dumont, Aurore

Dumont, Aurore	Journal Article
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Oboo cairns are sacred monuments worshipped by minority peoples in Inner Mongolia. The inclusion of oboo worship on China’s national list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006 has caused negotiations and innovations in different social and ritual strata of local societies. Going from provincial decision-making to the local interpretation of heritage classification, this article examines how the indigenous intelligentsia and ordinary people appropriate oboo to make them valuable and powerful sacred monuments.

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Competition ; Politics ; Ethnic Group ; Appropriation ; Worship ; Intelligentsia ;
Inner Mongolia ; Intangible Heritage ; Oboo

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