FROM HOLI TO DIWALI RITUAL SYSTEMS:
A ritual is an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or
other rite.
CAN WE INCLUDE THE MAKING OF RITUALS INTO OUR GRASP OF -they are performed by agents/people with historical lives and
MAKING OF HISTORY WITHOUT REDUCING THE AGENCY OF THE background
ACTOR/PEOPLE INVOLVED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESCRIBED -rituals also include ritual performances
ACTIVITIES?
NOTE ON METHOD:
OR
Fijian’s Hindu’s made their own form of Hindu social life
-their Hinduism background comes from the Southern Asia, not in a
REDUCING THE STRUCTURE OF THE RITUAL TO THE SELF-CONSCIOUS
traditional sense (as they were breaking free) but in a form of
INVENTION OF THE AGENT/PEOPLE INVOLVED?
communication or discussion and practice (universe of discourse and
practice)
SUMMARY:
Universe of discourse and practice (discussion and practice) = universal/
Indians were brought to Fiji’s sugar plantations as labourers all around the world
Holi was rejected and replaced by Diwali -is historical = all Indian traditions connect some how
-a shift between a transcendence-orientated (superiority) to a -focuses on and comments on the actions of one another, restructuring
perfection-orientated devotionalism cultural systems and adds to discourses (discussions) that still continue
-changed political and economic activities in Hinduism
-it includes Western and colonial ideas (discourses) and practices as well
DEVOTIONALISM: the quality or state of a person markedly as elements and systems from Southern Asia
characterized by religious devotion
Fiji Indian history was determined by a transformation in devotionalism THE FIJI INDIANS:
EGALITARIANISM: the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve rights and
opportunities
, Many Fijian Indians do not their caste Fiji Indians have developed bhakti or devotionalism into a social ethic
and system
CASTE: any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is -however, in other Indian areas, self-producing caste interests
traditionally divided, each group having its own specific privileges and emphasise the differences between people
limitations, transferred by inheritance -Fiji Indians insist on equality and hierarchies must either be silenced or
secret = tender egalitarianism
COOLIES: an unskilled labourer, especially formerly in China and India
Service as coolies in the system of labour transformed their status HOLI IN FIJI
-this polluted their social substance
Holi and the Muslim Moharram were the most popular celebrations in
-this caused their castes/groups to disappear, as they were all defined as
Fiji and were known as Tazia
coolies
-OLD MAN DESCRIBES HOLI/ PHAGUE:
-the only caste recreated was Brahman, a group that demanded the
1. women would roam the streets, throwing red dye on men, that
performance of religious rituals but was limited in social power by
represented blood, they were allowed to treat men as they see fit
scepticisms (doubtfulness) over their levels of purity and knowledge
2. Lautoka (city in Fiji) was filled with wild women and girls
3. Men had no control and this stunned the Gods
Fiji Indians often assert that all men are the same
-the ritual had turned into a riot, the absence of control and the
-this principle is found in the bhakti or devotional theology
attacks by women on men and overseers, in order to reverse the
-hierarchies in social ranking exist some men are big men while others
roles of brutal colonial power and social roles that have been
are low men, hierarchies depend on the cleanliness of a man’s heart
ignored
-karma is also said to be influential, actions result in either success or
ADRIAN MAYER: Holi is a period which allowed the poor to insult the
failure
rich, the women to forsake their shyness/ restraint, and all classes of
society to socialize
Emphasis is mostly placed on the bhakti or devotional relationship
-there was equality = the importance of red dye is to show that
between men and god
everyone looks the same
-differences between men are unimportant as all men as seen as the
-she describes how freedom and licence/pass was under control
same, with a self that is part of god and a fate set by his relationship
-groups of men planned their routes and were splashed with red dye
with God
and given sweetmeats at every household they visited
-the degree to which the individual thinks of God and loves God
-similar to what JOHN D. KELLY (AUTHOR) experienced
contributes to the cleanliness of his heart, his fate and then any actions
governed by rules or by self-interest.
- 1984-1985 white powder was more popular than red dye
A ritual is an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or
other rite.
CAN WE INCLUDE THE MAKING OF RITUALS INTO OUR GRASP OF -they are performed by agents/people with historical lives and
MAKING OF HISTORY WITHOUT REDUCING THE AGENCY OF THE background
ACTOR/PEOPLE INVOLVED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESCRIBED -rituals also include ritual performances
ACTIVITIES?
NOTE ON METHOD:
OR
Fijian’s Hindu’s made their own form of Hindu social life
-their Hinduism background comes from the Southern Asia, not in a
REDUCING THE STRUCTURE OF THE RITUAL TO THE SELF-CONSCIOUS
traditional sense (as they were breaking free) but in a form of
INVENTION OF THE AGENT/PEOPLE INVOLVED?
communication or discussion and practice (universe of discourse and
practice)
SUMMARY:
Universe of discourse and practice (discussion and practice) = universal/
Indians were brought to Fiji’s sugar plantations as labourers all around the world
Holi was rejected and replaced by Diwali -is historical = all Indian traditions connect some how
-a shift between a transcendence-orientated (superiority) to a -focuses on and comments on the actions of one another, restructuring
perfection-orientated devotionalism cultural systems and adds to discourses (discussions) that still continue
-changed political and economic activities in Hinduism
-it includes Western and colonial ideas (discourses) and practices as well
DEVOTIONALISM: the quality or state of a person markedly as elements and systems from Southern Asia
characterized by religious devotion
Fiji Indian history was determined by a transformation in devotionalism THE FIJI INDIANS:
EGALITARIANISM: the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve rights and
opportunities
, Many Fijian Indians do not their caste Fiji Indians have developed bhakti or devotionalism into a social ethic
and system
CASTE: any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is -however, in other Indian areas, self-producing caste interests
traditionally divided, each group having its own specific privileges and emphasise the differences between people
limitations, transferred by inheritance -Fiji Indians insist on equality and hierarchies must either be silenced or
secret = tender egalitarianism
COOLIES: an unskilled labourer, especially formerly in China and India
Service as coolies in the system of labour transformed their status HOLI IN FIJI
-this polluted their social substance
Holi and the Muslim Moharram were the most popular celebrations in
-this caused their castes/groups to disappear, as they were all defined as
Fiji and were known as Tazia
coolies
-OLD MAN DESCRIBES HOLI/ PHAGUE:
-the only caste recreated was Brahman, a group that demanded the
1. women would roam the streets, throwing red dye on men, that
performance of religious rituals but was limited in social power by
represented blood, they were allowed to treat men as they see fit
scepticisms (doubtfulness) over their levels of purity and knowledge
2. Lautoka (city in Fiji) was filled with wild women and girls
3. Men had no control and this stunned the Gods
Fiji Indians often assert that all men are the same
-the ritual had turned into a riot, the absence of control and the
-this principle is found in the bhakti or devotional theology
attacks by women on men and overseers, in order to reverse the
-hierarchies in social ranking exist some men are big men while others
roles of brutal colonial power and social roles that have been
are low men, hierarchies depend on the cleanliness of a man’s heart
ignored
-karma is also said to be influential, actions result in either success or
ADRIAN MAYER: Holi is a period which allowed the poor to insult the
failure
rich, the women to forsake their shyness/ restraint, and all classes of
society to socialize
Emphasis is mostly placed on the bhakti or devotional relationship
-there was equality = the importance of red dye is to show that
between men and god
everyone looks the same
-differences between men are unimportant as all men as seen as the
-she describes how freedom and licence/pass was under control
same, with a self that is part of god and a fate set by his relationship
-groups of men planned their routes and were splashed with red dye
with God
and given sweetmeats at every household they visited
-the degree to which the individual thinks of God and loves God
-similar to what JOHN D. KELLY (AUTHOR) experienced
contributes to the cleanliness of his heart, his fate and then any actions
governed by rules or by self-interest.
- 1984-1985 white powder was more popular than red dye
