The Ratha Yatra religious festival parades in the public space of "Intercultural Lisbon"

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2019.162343

Keywords:

Religion, Festival, Immigration, Tourism, Public space

Abstract

This photo essay presents the second edition of the Ratha Yatra religious festival in Lisbon which has been organised by ISKCON Lisbon (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) since 2016. The Ratha Yatra Lisbon proposes to unite different groups, entities and communities of immigrants in a collective performance through the streets of the city centre, performing what could be called a "citizenship parade". I sought to emphasise the importance of performances associated with music and dance in public spaces to the understanding of transnational experiences.

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Author Biography

  • Debora Baldelli, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

    Debora Baldelli holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is a collaborator at the CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia), at FCSH / NOVA and she is a doctor integrated in the INET-md (Instituto de Etnomusicologia e Dança),), in the same institution. Her investigations are based on
    expressive practices in the city. E-mail: baldelli@fcsh.unl.pt

References

Turino, Thomas, 2008, Music as Social Life. University of Chicago Press

Rasmussen, Anne, 2010, Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia. University of California Press

Trovão, Susana e Marta Rosales (ed.), 2010. Das Índias - Gentes, Movimentos e Pertenças Transnacionais. Editora Colibri.

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Published

2019-10-24

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Gesture, image and sounds

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How to Cite

Baldelli, Debora. 2019. “The Ratha Yatra Religious Festival Parades in the Public Space of ‘Intercultural Lisbon’”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 4 (1): 354-62. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2019.162343.