The Dreadful Dance of the Goddess: Creativity and Mimesis in a Possession Cult of Assam

Every year in August devotees flock to the Kāmākhyā temple (Guwahati, Assam), to attend and observe the Deodhāni-nāc, (the dance [nāc] of the sound [dhāni] of god [deo]). The main feature of this three-day festival is the dance of the deodhās. The deodhās, Assamese males, become possessed by the go...

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Autor principal:	Irene Majo Garigliano
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	Kāmākhyā temple Deodhāni-nāc possession dance creativity mimesis Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4df143474444426bf2e36365a75a3882021-11-27T12:54:23ZThe Dreadful Dance of the Goddess: Creativity and Mimesis in a Possession Cult of Assam10.12797/CIS.20.2018.01.081732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/f4df143474444426bf2e36365a75a3882018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/320https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Every year in August devotees flock to the Kāmākhyā temple (Guwahati, Assam), to attend and observe the Deodhāni-nāc, (the dance [nāc] of the sound [dhāni] of god [deo]). The main feature of this three-day festival is the dance of the deodhās. The deodhās, Assamese males, become possessed by the goddess Kāmākhyā (and the other deities connected to her) and dance to the beat of drums. The dance of deodhās reproduces to some extent the character and iconography of the possessing deities, but is not limited to that. Through the use of his body, each deodhā actively interprets this shared image of the deity, dancing in a singular way. The paper focuses on the creative, yet unconscious process through which each deodhā shapes his peculiar dancing style. Irene Majo GariglianoKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleKāmākhyā templeDeodhāni-nācpossessiondancecreativitymimesisIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2018)
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topic	Kāmākhyā temple Deodhāni-nāc possession dance creativity mimesis Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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description	Every year in August devotees flock to the Kāmākhyā temple (Guwahati, Assam), to attend and observe the Deodhāni-nāc, (the dance [nāc] of the sound [dhāni] of god [deo]). The main feature of this three-day festival is the dance of the deodhās. The deodhās, Assamese males, become possessed by the goddess Kāmākhyā (and the other deities connected to her) and dance to the beat of drums. The dance of deodhās reproduces to some extent the character and iconography of the possessing deities, but is not limited to that. Through the use of his body, each deodhā actively interprets this shared image of the deity, dancing in a singular way. The paper focuses on the creative, yet unconscious process through which each deodhā shapes his peculiar dancing style.
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The Dreadful Dance of the Goddess: Creativity and Mimesis in a Possession Cult of Assam

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