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| The Forest of Symbols Embodied in the Tholung Sacred Landscape of North Sikkim, India | ||
| 作者 | Arora, Vibha (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Conservation & Society |
| 卷期 | v.4 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2006.01-03 |
| 頁次 | 55 - 83 |
| 出版者 | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.atree.org |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | community conservation; sacred groves; landscape; indigenous people; environmentalism; ethnicity; indigenous knowledge; anthropology; Sikkim; Himalayas |
| 摘要 | The paper explores the forest of symbols and the cultural politics embodied in the Tholung sacred landscape of North Sikkim, India. Representations of the Lepchas as the guardians of the sacred grove are gaining ground in the contemporary context of their cultural revival and regional ethnopolitics. To nuance these perspectives, this study furthers the socio-ecological debate on conservation, socio-religious fencing, and the mediating role of state. Sacred groves and landscapes are often perceived as an example of indigenous forest management practices and the antithesis of the sanctuary rationally managed by the forest department of the government. I emphasise that conservation is a latent consequence while the idea of a sacred site preserves the forest and keeps it inviolate. I argue that Tholung constitutes the nerve centre of Lepcha life, their identity, and embodies the nationalist practices of the former Kingdom of Sikkim. Ai a sanctified site, Tholung legitimised the authority of the Namgyal dynasty that ruled Sikkim until its incorporation into India in 1975. I explain how rituals performed by the Lepchas regenerate the human body, the land, the ancestral connections of the Lepchas, and their indigenous identity. The community, the forest and the state are conjoined in the locus of the sacred grove as it legitimises the power of the state and sustains the ethnic-nationalism of the Lepchas in the region. |
| 目次 | Abstract 55 INTRODUCTION 56 The Debate: From Sacred Species and Sacred Groves to (Sacred) Landscapes 58 The Ethnographic Context of Sikkim and the Lepchas 63 The Sacred Landscape of Tholung of North Sikkim 65 Rituals Legitimising Kingship, Nationalising the Sacred, and Rejuvenating the Community and the Land 69 The Forest of Symbols Embodied in the Sacred Landscape 71 CONCLUSION 75 Notes 75 REFERENCES 80 |
| ISSN | 09724923 (P); 09753133 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 75 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.29 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.29 |
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