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

03.12.2019

This paper is based on the personal experience of author; it points out the basic references to both real and imagined India in the Baltic states, Latvia in particular. Apart from the global context of fusion of cultures, the ‘Indian’ – ‘Baltic’ connections lies in national romanticism related to the comparative linguistic, as well as an idea of particular cultural similarities between Indians and Latvians and Lithuanians.

Keywords: Cultural imagination, Baltic, India, acculturation, perception

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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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