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Deborah de Koning, MA

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2059

  • Warandelaan 2, Dante Building, room D 202

    5037 AB Tilburg

    Netherlands

20162020

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My NWO-funded PhD project concerns the contemporary (re)appraisal and revitalisation of Ravana amongst Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka. Ravana is nowadays regarded by several Sinhalese Buddhists (Sri Lanka?s ethnic majority) as a heroic ruler and at some places in Sri Lanka Ravana is even venerated as a god. To investigate the phenomenon of Ravanisation (the contemporary revitalization of Ravana) I am conducting fieldwork research in Sri Lanka at two sites. At those particular sites I focus on stories, folklore, poetry, rituals, performances, experiences and material expressions concerning Ravana. By doing this I will investigate how and why Ravana is nowadays revitalised within the context of Sinhalese self-understanding and (ethnic) identity construction in a post-war situation.

Keywords

  • Pilgrimage
  • Identity
  • Inter-Religious Communication
  • Religion And Culture
  • Religious Diversity
  • Southeast Asia
  • Nationalism
  • Sacred Space
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism

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