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Decolonising feasts of merit: reasoning Marān Kasā from a Tangkhul Naga perspective.
- Source :
- Asian Ethnicity; Mar2023, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p258-277, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Feasts of Merit is a cultural phenomenon practised by several communities specific to their customs, traditions, and culture in different parts of the world. Whether or not the terminology is a colonial construct and/or a misnomer remains contestable. In the Tangkhul Naga context, the translation or notion of marān kasā as mere Feasts of Merit is a misnomer. Feast (of Merit) is only constitutive of marān kasā; thus, a part of a whole cannot be said to be the whole. This paper attempts to emancipate marān kasā from the coloniality of Feasts of Merit by debunking the colonial metanarrative; through the enunciation of socio-religious significance and culturo-educational functions of marān kasā that are manifestations of a deeper Tangkhul Naga, thus Naga, philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14631369
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Asian Ethnicity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162174275
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2022.2089093