Aramgarh, Parsi burial grounds in India. Materials of the ethnographic expeditions 2022–2023
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2023-4-118-133
Abstract
The article presents the author’s field ethnographic material, collected during a visit to several aramgarhs (aramgahs) – burial places of Parsi-Zoroastrians in India (in particular, in Delhi, Jamshedpur and Bhavnagar). Rich illustrative material is presented. Observations are made about the stylistic features of the design of graves, the social functions they play, and the ambiguity and contradiction of the dаkhmenishini tradition – the display of a corpse in the «tower of silence», accompanied by many ritual actions.
Supporting agencies: The work was carried out within the framework of the project of the Russian Science Foundation № 22-28-00505: «Peculiar worlds of India: particular communities and social groups. Ethnocultural strategies for preserving and annihilation of differences. 2022–2023».
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S. I. Ryzhakova
N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana I. Ryzhakova, Dr. of Sci. (History)
32A, Leninsky Av., Moscow, 119334
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Ryzhakova S.I. Aramgarh, Parsi burial grounds in India. Materials of the ethnographic expeditions 2022–2023. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2023;(4):118-133. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2023-4-118-133
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