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Svetlana Ryzhakova
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WELCOMED AND UNWANTED: UNCERTAINTY AND POSSESSION IN A MANASĀ CULT (NORTH BENGAL AND WEST ASSAM, INDIA)

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“India” in Baltic cultural space: dimensions, perceptions, imaginations

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«Yakshas’ Songs» and people’s plays: social and cultural aspects of Yakshagana in Karnataka (South India)

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Hasta, mudra, viniyoga. Hand gestures in Indian culture: Problems of origin and sense making

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Food for Musicians: Gastric Ideas and Practices among North Indian Artistic Communities

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THE CONCEPT OF ANIMISM AND THE PRACTICE OF SPIRIT-POSSESSION: REFLECTIONS BASED ON THE ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF LAI-HARAOBA (IN MANIPUR) AND DAIVA-ARADHANE (IN TULUNADU), INDIA 1

Nowadays the concept of animism experiences a period of a certain ‘revival’. Over the last decade several approaches towards the usage and application of the term have been developed. In…

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“Tribal Dance” in India: a concept, a category and an ethnographic reality

Abstract: Definition of “tribe” in the Indian context is a highly complicated process or is made complicated because of various reasons. However, its application to the various ethnic groups in…

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«Deity Speaks» — Performance and Overcoming of the Violence of Translation in Daivaradhane Tradition (Tulunadu, Dakshina Kannada and North Malabar, India)

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Tripuri

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Rajbansi

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Rambhâ

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Meithei

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Khasi

  • Ethnographic collection: traditional costumes of ethnic groups and peoples of India

Karbi

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About me

PhD and Dr.habil. from Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1998 and 2011. Leading research fellow in Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow. Member of Indian Anthropological Society, member of European Association of Social Anthropologists.

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Svetlana Ryzhakova

Research project by Dr. Svetlana Ryzhakova “Possession, devotion, performance: borders and interconnections of personal self-possession, worship and artistic experience in Indian artistic traditions” supported by Russian Foundation for Fundamental researches, grant № 18-09-00389.

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