Sītā of Sindh

Sītā of Sindh The aim of this paper is to show how the Sindhī community in India (Rājasthān) builds and strengthens its identity by using both traditional and modern means of transmission. The process of reinterpretation of tradition will be demonstrated by discussing the Ūmar–Mārvī story, which...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Aleksandra Turek
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2020
Materias:	Sindh Sindhī community Sindhī folk stories Ūmar–Mārvī story Sītā Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f9866975c02f44ef99e5aa668f174900
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:f9866975c02f44ef99e5aa668f174900
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f9866975c02f44ef99e5aa668f1749002021-11-27T12:53:54ZSītā of Sindh10.12797/CIS.22.2020.01.031732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/f9866975c02f44ef99e5aa668f1749002020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1508https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Sītā of Sindh The aim of this paper is to show how the Sindhī community in India (Rājasthān) builds and strengthens its identity by using both traditional and modern means of transmission. The process of reinterpretation of tradition will be demonstrated by discussing the Ūmar–Mārvī story, which belongs to the repertoire of orally transmitted local Sindhī folk stories. The Ūmar–Mārvī story mainly emphasizes local patriotism and adherence to motherland. The message of the story is still valid in the 21st century. In the Surabhi, the literary magazine on Sindhī literature in the Hindī language issued periodically in Jaypur, it took the modern form of a comic book. Thus, it provides another example of a well-known fact in Indian culture, that of the old being repeated but in a new form. Despite using modern means of transmission, traditional mechanisms can still be seen. It seems that it is not enough for the Sindhī community to continue using the folk story but, moreover, it is necessary to give the story a higher rank (a recognised one) by placing it within the frames of the mainstream tradition, that is the so-called Great Tradition of the Hindu culture. This aim is achieved by making the heroine Mārvī equal to Sītā, and, thus, the Sindhī story is linked with the great epic Rāmāyaṇa. As a result, the final product is an old Sindhī folk story presented in the form of a comic book, targeted for a wider audience than the Sindhī community exclusively, entitled Sītā of Sindh (Sindh kī Sītā). Aleksandra TurekKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleSindhSindhī communitySindhī folk storiesŪmar–Mārvī storySītāIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2020)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Sindh Sindhī community Sindhī folk stories Ūmar–Mārvī story Sītā Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
spellingShingle	Sindh Sindhī community Sindhī folk stories Ūmar–Mārvī story Sītā Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Aleksandra Turek Sītā of Sindh
description	Sītā of Sindh The aim of this paper is to show how the Sindhī community in India (Rājasthān) builds and strengthens its identity by using both traditional and modern means of transmission. The process of reinterpretation of tradition will be demonstrated by discussing the Ūmar–Mārvī story, which belongs to the repertoire of orally transmitted local Sindhī folk stories. The Ūmar–Mārvī story mainly emphasizes local patriotism and adherence to motherland. The message of the story is still valid in the 21st century. In the Surabhi, the literary magazine on Sindhī literature in the Hindī language issued periodically in Jaypur, it took the modern form of a comic book. Thus, it provides another example of a well-known fact in Indian culture, that of the old being repeated but in a new form. Despite using modern means of transmission, traditional mechanisms can still be seen. It seems that it is not enough for the Sindhī community to continue using the folk story but, moreover, it is necessary to give the story a higher rank (a recognised one) by placing it within the frames of the mainstream tradition, that is the so-called Great Tradition of the Hindu culture. This aim is achieved by making the heroine Mārvī equal to Sītā, and, thus, the Sindhī story is linked with the great epic Rāmāyaṇa. As a result, the final product is an old Sindhī folk story presented in the form of a comic book, targeted for a wider audience than the Sindhī community exclusively, entitled Sītā of Sindh (Sindh kī Sītā).
format	article
author	Aleksandra Turek
author_facet	Aleksandra Turek
author_sort	Aleksandra Turek
title	Sītā of Sindh
title_short	Sītā of Sindh
title_full	Sītā of Sindh
title_fullStr	Sītā of Sindh
title_full_unstemmed	Sītā of Sindh
title_sort	sītā of sindh
publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/f9866975c02f44ef99e5aa668f174900
work_keys_str_mv	AT aleksandraturek sitaofsindh
_version_	1718409023229788160

Sītā of Sindh

Ejemplares similares