‘Why Can’t Our Bhuta Have a Mask?’ Caste Contestations and Ritual Practice in Tulunadu

IF 0.5 3区 社会学 Q3 AREA STUDIES
Vijayashree C.S.
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Abstract

The paper describes caste contestations around the Bhutaradhane tradition in the Tulunadu region of coastal Karnataka. Bhutaradhane is a pantheistic tradition of spirit worship which has been a key site for the assertion of regional identity claims in Tulunadu. The Bhutas (spirits) are ranked along a graded hierarchy that reflects the caste structure of the region. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the paper describes the interventions of a Dalit caste, the Mundalas, to rupture this hierarchical structure and challenge their low assigned status in the tradition and in society. It explores how they draw on narratives of the past to appropriate and reshape the Bhutaradhane tradition in line with their aspirations for upward mobility. The paper situates current contestations around the caste’s patron Bhuta within the growing socio-political consciousness of the Mundalas, who have challenged the hegemonic discourse of Bhuta heritage, laying bare the operations of caste within the ritual as well as caste inequalities and exclusions in the region.
“为什么我们的布塔不能戴面具?”图鲁纳都的种姓争论和仪式实践
这篇论文描述了卡纳塔克邦沿海地区图鲁纳杜地区围绕布塔拉丹传统的种姓纠纷。Bhutaradhane是一个泛神论传统的精神崇拜,这是在Tulunadu主张地区认同的关键场所。Bhutas(神灵)按等级排列,反映了该地区的种姓结构。根据民族志的田野调查,本文描述了达利特种姓(Mundalas)的干预,以打破这种等级结构,并挑战他们在传统和社会中的低分配地位。它探讨了他们如何利用过去的叙述来适应和重塑布塔拉丹传统,以符合他们向上流动的愿望。本文将当前围绕种姓赞助人Bhuta的争论置于Mundalas日益增长的社会政治意识中,他们挑战了Bhuta遗产的霸权话语,暴露了种姓在仪式中的运作,以及该地区的种姓不平等和排斥。
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