Mesocosm

  PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 expand sectionChapter One  Introduction

 collapse sectionPART ONE  ORIENTATIONS AND CONTEXTS
 expand sectionChapter Two  Orientations
 expand sectionChapter Three  Nepal, the Kathmandu Valley, and Some History
 expand sectionChapter Four  Bhaktapur's Other Order
 expand sectionChapter Five  The Distribution of Roles: The Macrostatus System
 expand sectionChapter Six  Inside the Thars

 collapse sectionPART TWO  THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MESOCOSM
 expand sectionChapter Seven  The Symbolic Organization of Space
 expand sectionChapter Eight  Bhaktapur's Pantheon
 expand sectionChapter Nine  Tantrism and the Worship of the Dangerous Deities
 expand sectionChapter Ten  Priests
 expand sectionChapter Eleven  Purity and Impurity: On the Borders of the Sacred

 collapse sectionPART THREE  THE DANCE OF SYMBOLS
 expand sectionChapter Twelve  The Civic Ballet: Annual Time and the Festival Cycles
 expand sectionChapter Thirteen  The Events of the Lunar Year
 collapse sectionChapter Fourteen  The Events of the Solar Cycle
 Introduction
 Ghya: Caku Sa(n)lhu [10]
 collapse sectionBiska: [20-29]: The Solar New Year Festival
 expand sectionThe Preliminary Preparations
 The First Day Start of the Bhairava/Bhadrakali Jatra [20]; The Struggle Between the Upper and Lower Halves of the City
 The Second Day
 The Third Day
 expand sectionThe Fourth Day
 The Fifth Day: Taking Down the Yasi(n) God—Beginning of the Solar New Year
 The Sixth Day: The Mahakali/Mahalaksmi Jatra
 The Seventh Day: The Brahmani/Mahesvari Jatra
 The Eighth Day. Feasting the Gods—Chuma(n) Gandya: Jatra
 The Ninth Day: Taking Down the Small Yasi(n) God—Final Phases of the Bhairava/Bhadrakali Jatra
 expand sectionApproaches to Meaning
 expand sectionChapter Fifteen  The Devi Cycle
 expand sectionChapter Sixteen  The Patterns and Meanings of the Festival Year
 expand sectionChapter Seventeen  What Is Bhaktapur that a Newar May Know It?

 expand sectionAppendix One  Transliterations Used in the Text
 expand sectionAppendix Two  Bhaktapur's Newar Hindu Thars Ranked By Macrosocial Status
  Appendix Three  Kinship Terminology
 expand sectionAppendix Four  Types of Worship and Materials Used in Worship
  Appendix Five  A Catalogue of Annual Events and Their Distribution Throughout the Lunar Year
 expand sectionAppendix Six  Rites of Passage and Death Ceremonies
 expand sectionNotes
  GLOSSARY
  REFERENCES
 expand sectionGENERAL INDEX
 expand sectionNAMES INDEX

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