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dc.contributor.authorFranco, F
dc.contributor.authorRobin, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:14:23Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:14:23Z
dc.date.created2015-03-03T20:16:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationFranco, F. and Robin, D. 2011. Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors. creativework. University of Hawaii Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44490
dc.description.abstract

Remembering ancestors is a part of tradition in every society. In this article, we present the importance of a traditional festival called vaavubhali in the context of ecological and economical services rendered. The festival honours deceased souls and also popularizes the planting of ornamental, medicinal and timber yielding plants. The changing scenario is also depicted.

dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.relation.urihttp://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/21021
dc.subjectTraditional festival
dc.subjectDravidian
dc.subjectRemembering - ancestors
dc.subjectRituals
dc.titleVaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors
dc.typeNon traditional textual works
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.startPage115
dcterms.source.endPage128
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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