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Encountering the Dancing Devtas Encountering the Dancing Devtas
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The Public Face of Jagar The Public Face of Jagar
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Pritam Bhartwan: The Making of a Ritual Healer Pritam Bhartwan: The Making of a Ritual Healer
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Bringing Jagar into the Studio Bringing Jagar into the Studio
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The Reception of Commodified Jagar The Reception of Commodified Jagar
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The Shifting Ground of Folk Religion The Shifting Ground of Folk Religion
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6 The Goddess Plugged In: Pritam Bhartwan and the Commodification of Possession Rituals
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Published:September 2017
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Abstract
Jagar rituals have long been stigmatized as a type of folk religion because they involve animal sacrifice, corporeal possession, and the participation of low-status divinities and social groups. In recent decades, however, jagar has become a quintessential marker of regional belonging and religious expression in Uttarakhand. The public acceptance of jagar is part of a broader mobilization of vernacular devotional forms across South Asia facilitated by the growing economic clout of urban migrants and vernacular music industries. The hereditary drummer and healer Pritam Bhartwan has been a major catalyst for the resignification of jagar. This chapter highlights the transformations within Pritam Bhartwan’s own public persona as a means of illuminating the shifts in the public perception of jagar and in the concept of folk more broadly.
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