Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors
Remembering ancestors is a part of tradition in every society. In this article, we present the importance of a traditional festival called vaavubhali in the context of ecological and economical services rendered. The festival honours deceased souls and also popularizes the planting of ornamental, me...
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| description | Remembering ancestors is a part of tradition in every society. In this article, we present the importance of a traditional festival called vaavubhali in the context of ecological and economical services rendered. The festival honours deceased souls and also popularizes the planting of ornamental, medicinal and timber yielding plants. The changing scenario is also depicted. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-444902018-05-01T06:13:23Z Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors Franco, F Robin, D. Traditional festival Dravidian Remembering - ancestors Rituals Remembering ancestors is a part of tradition in every society. In this article, we present the importance of a traditional festival called vaavubhali in the context of ecological and economical services rendered. The festival honours deceased souls and also popularizes the planting of ornamental, medicinal and timber yielding plants. The changing scenario is also depicted. 2011 Non traditional textual works http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44490 http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/21021 University of Hawaii Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Traditional festival Dravidian Remembering - ancestors Rituals Franco, F Robin, D. Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title | Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title_full | Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title_fullStr | Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title_short | Vaavubhali, a Traditional Festival for Remembering Ancestors |
| title_sort | vaavubhali, a traditional festival for remembering ancestors |
| topic | Traditional festival Dravidian Remembering - ancestors Rituals |
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