Anthropology
Open Access
ISSN: 2332-0915
ISSN: 2332-0915
School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Research
Performing Adivasiyat through Sarhul Festival in Jharkhand
Author(s): Subodh Kunwer*
This article arises from my academic research, ‘Moving the Centre: Performing Sarhul and Becoming Adivasi in Contemporary Jharkhand’ completed at Jawaharlal Nehru University in July 2015. The paper examines Sarhul festival celebration as a cultural performance in the contemporary Adivasi (indigenous) discourse in Jharkhand, India. The article discusses the mobilization of memory, rights and discourse through ritual performances. It explains how enactment of a ritual brings back the history, memory and imagination of indigenous struggles in the context of Jharkhand region. The Sarhul performance shows that the issue of indigeneity is a current issue demanding certain cultural and political claims... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2332-0915.20.8.215