Heritagisation of Religious Festivals and (Re) invention of Buddhist Heritage in Modern Sri Lanka

Indika, Miki

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3909771

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“…The term festival is also used in direct conjunction with the name of certain religions, such as Buddhist festivals (Indika, 2021). This term is to describe the ideological background of the Kanchuka Puja festival.…”

Section: Festival Piety and Religious Celebrationmentioning

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Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary

Faiz,

Zuhrotunnisa,

Dewi

et al. 2023

IBDA

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The public sphere in Indonesia features prominent piety demonstrations among middle-class Muslims, showcasing religious performances like al-Quran recitation competitions, Islamic films, and the selection of Muslim ambassadors, which collectively color the Islamic public sphere. Previous studies of middle-class Muslims and their religious practices have closely related to a perspective of the commodification of religion. Therefore, this study aims to provide another perspective on the practice of festival piety as a part of efforts to standardize their piety. This research focused on Putri Muslimah, Muslimah Preneur, and Duta Santri events. This research uses a qualitative-descriptive approach with a live-online observation method at the three festivals. The obtained data were analyzed and interpreted using a festival piety concept. It found three findings. First, Puteri Muslimah Indonesia, Duta Santri, and Muslimah Preneur are the locus for forming and demonstrating the piety of middle-class Muslims. Second, piety in the three festivals is a form of cultivation in which one is defined through a compromise of Islamic normativity and class composition. Third, practicing festival piety in the three festivals revives Islamic norms in dressing and class intervention through public spectacles. These findings demonstrate a new explanation of the standardization of Islamic ethics through the operation of Islamic normativity in class ideology.

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Section: Festival Piety and Religious Celebrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary

Faiz,

Zuhrotunnisa,

Dewi

et al. 2023

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“…Over time Buddhism splintered into a few sectarian traditions and schools but it also was assimilated into the already existing indigenous religious practices. Thus, a rich syncretic heritage related to Buddhism developed in amongst which pilgrimage travel by monks seeking Dharma and knowledge was considered meritorious [19].…”

Section: Buddhism and Buddhist Pilgrimage In Indiamentioning

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How Effective Is a Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit as a Product and Strategy for Heritage Tourism in India?

Shinde

2022

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Buddhist heritage in India is receiving reasonable attention for tourism development with a particular emphasis on promoting Buddhist circuits. One Buddhist pilgrimage circuit covering eight locations including four most sacred places, namely, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, and Lumbini, is popular for spiritual and religious reasons. Fieldwork conducted in these four sites reveals complex patterns of visitation that question the idea of a circuit as a tourism product. The primary circuit-goers are foreign Buddhist followers, but the magnitude of their visitation is very low. They constitute less than 10 percent of visitors and are far outnumbered by domestic visitors. Domestic visitors driven by recreational purposes hardly complete the entire circuit; their visits are directed to two popular sites while other sites are used as “middle-of-the-trip centers” or places for daytrips. The interviews with various stakeholders including religious institutions, private tour operators, and relevant government agencies, show that the itineraries of circuit-goers depend on several factors including the convenience of travel, accommodation facilities, the ability to perform pilgrimage rituals, and institutional governance for tourism. This paper argues that Buddhist pilgrimage circuits operate more as a cultural landscape at a cognitive level rather than as a distinct physical route and a product that can be effectively translated into as strategy for tourism development in Buddhist sites.

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Heritagisation of Religious Festivals and (Re) invention of Buddhist Heritage in Modern Sri Lanka

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary

Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary

How Effective Is a Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit as a Product and Strategy for Heritage Tourism in India?

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