Jalwa Pujan of Haryana, India: A Feminist Perspective
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in English & Education - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Rituals and ceremonies are an expression of the cultural consciousness embedded in the tradition and heritage of the past. Each culture has its own grammar, that is, its own rules of composition of meaning which creates the reality of that culture. These rituals along with the proverbs, riddles, myths, legends, tales, rhymes, songs, charms, performances, and more are a system of symbolic acts, just as language is a system of symbols 1. In order to understand any ritual it is crucial to bear in mind that the ritual is part of a grammar particular to a culture and will not make meaning outside the context. As a particular expression would communicate no meaning if taken outside the context of that language, so would not a ritual or a symbol tried to be understood in isolation. Therefore, it becomes important to understand the collective psyche 2 of the community. It is this collective psyche, which is given expression through various rituals and ceremonies. These expressions can in turn be used in order to understand the constituents of the collective consciousness of a community. The present article tries to understand this relationship between rituals and community through investigating a particular ceremony in a particular context.
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Pavitra Kumari
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