When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival
This paper provides a description of the Durga Puja religious festival that is held each autumn in Kolkata. During the ten days of the celebration, the Indian city is enriched by a multitude of temporary temples, where local communities come together for both religious and social gatherings. The col...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
| Published: |
UMR 1563 « Ambiances Architectures Urbanités »
2018-11-01
|
| Series: | Ambiances |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/1467 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1841542681361121280 |
|---|---|
| author | Federico De Matteis |
| author_facet | Federico De Matteis |
| author_sort | Federico De Matteis |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper provides a description of the Durga Puja religious festival that is held each autumn in Kolkata. During the ten days of the celebration, the Indian city is enriched by a multitude of temporary temples, where local communities come together for both religious and social gatherings. The colourful marquees host rituals and music, flooding urban space with a festive atmosphere that has become a hallmark of Kolkata, attracting large crowds of visitors and tourists who are interested in the folk festival and in its religious connotation. The description focuses on the emotional response to the transformed space, analyzing how the rituals performed in the temporary temples, and the urban and architectural features of the festival’s instalment affect the visitors’ corporeal feelings. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-b4fc1c3a03a346e898a53e642cf19da6 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2266-839X |
| language | fra |
| publishDate | 2018-11-01 |
| publisher | UMR 1563 « Ambiances Architectures Urbanités » |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Ambiances |
| spelling | doaj-art-b4fc1c3a03a346e898a53e642cf19da62025-01-13T16:06:21ZfraUMR 1563 « Ambiances Architectures Urbanités »Ambiances2266-839X2018-11-0110.4000/ambiances.1467When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy FestivalFederico De MatteisThis paper provides a description of the Durga Puja religious festival that is held each autumn in Kolkata. During the ten days of the celebration, the Indian city is enriched by a multitude of temporary temples, where local communities come together for both religious and social gatherings. The colourful marquees host rituals and music, flooding urban space with a festive atmosphere that has become a hallmark of Kolkata, attracting large crowds of visitors and tourists who are interested in the folk festival and in its religious connotation. The description focuses on the emotional response to the transformed space, analyzing how the rituals performed in the temporary temples, and the urban and architectural features of the festival’s instalment affect the visitors’ corporeal feelings.https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/1467Durga PujaKolkataReligious FestivalUrban SpaceAffective SpaceUrban Atmospheres |
| spellingShingle | Federico De Matteis When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival Ambiances Durga Puja Kolkata Religious Festival Urban Space Affective Space Urban Atmospheres |
| title | When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival |
| title_full | When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival |
| title_fullStr | When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival |
| title_short | When Durga Strikes. The Affective Space of Kolkata’s Holy Festival |
| title_sort | when durga strikes the affective space of kolkata s holy festival |
| topic | Durga Puja Kolkata Religious Festival Urban Space Affective Space Urban Atmospheres |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/1467 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT federicodematteis whendurgastrikestheaffectivespaceofkolkatasholyfestival |