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The Hindu Fire Walking Festival in Singapore: Ritual and Music of the Tamil Diaspora

Lai , JinXing
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1397250646

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2014, Master of Music (MM), Ohio University, Music History and Literature (Fine Arts).
This thesis focuses on the ceremonial music of the Hindu Fire Walking ritual held annually in Singapore during the month of November, for the thimithi festival. The study is based upon fieldwork conducted at the Sri Mariamman temple in Singapore in November 2010, and again in the summer of 2013. It describes in particular the music of the naiyandi melam, the instrumental ensemble that provides music for the ritual. Selected scenes of the silver chariot entry and the fire walking ceremony were recorded on video. Two interviews were conducted: one is a voice recording made with the voice memo function of an Iphone 3GS, while the other one is a video interview recorded with Canon video camera. Photographs were taken with a Canon DSLR camera. The photographs, interview transcriptions, and videos synopsis are given in the appendixes to this thesis. An accompanying DVD with videos from fieldwork is attached to this thesis.
Richard Wetzel (Advisor)
Garrett Field (Committee Member)
Evan Antonellis (Committee Member)
66 p.
Music
Ethnomusicology; Singapore; Tamil Diaspora; Fire Walking Festival

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  • Lai , J. (2014). The Hindu Fire Walking Festival in Singapore: Ritual and Music of the Tamil Diaspora [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1397250646

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lai , JinXing. The Hindu Fire Walking Festival in Singapore: Ritual and Music of the Tamil Diaspora. 2014. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1397250646.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lai , JinXing. "The Hindu Fire Walking Festival in Singapore: Ritual and Music of the Tamil Diaspora." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1397250646

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