MAŇO, Peter. Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus. In Assessing the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe: New fields in the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe. 2023.
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Original name Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus
Authors MAŇO, Peter.
Edition Assessing the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe: New fields in the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe. 2023.
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Original language Czech
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher Slovakia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Mauritius; folk Hinduism; ritual; costs; emic exegesis; cultural domain analysis
Tags International impact
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Abstract
Practitioners' reflections on the purpose and meaning of ritual actions are often assumed to be limited, absent, or irrelevant. As a result, many anthropological analyses overlook or brush away native explanations. While it is true that ritual exegesis can often be scarce, our research (Xygalatas, Maňo; 2022) instead focused on some of the conditions that favor its presence and on exploring the diversity in its forms across different types of rituals. Specifically, we used cultural domain analysis to examine cultural models of exegesis for six rituals practiced by Mauritian Hindus. We show that ritual structure affects exegetical reflection such that costlier rituals tend to elicit a greater volume (quantity and breadth) and thematic range thereof. Moreover, different types of rituals are associated with different functions, with costlier rituals linked to more pressing, vital, and personal concerns. Our data are relevant to both the Mauritian context and the broader anthropological theories of ritual.
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