Hindu religious practices exposed in Malaysian Tamil movies
Late 19th and ear1y 20th centuries marks the mass migration of people from India to Malaya to work in estates while minority of them came as merchants and to work in civil service. The majority group started their religious practice by worshiping the demigods. On the other hand, the minority gro...
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| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/14466/1/0001.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/14466/ |
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| Summary: | Late 19th and ear1y 20th centuries marks the mass migration of
people from India to Malaya to work in estates while minority of
them came as merchants and to work in civil service. The majority
group started their religious practice by worshiping the demigods.
On the other hand, the minority group settled in urban areas and
they initiated the proper religious practice by building temples for
the main deities such as Lord Siva, Lord Muruga as well as Lord
Vishnu. After the independence of Malaya, many of those residing
in the estates began to shift to urban areas for improvements in
their life. These people began to have realisation on the actual way
of religious practice and were attracted to the prayers to the main
deities such as Lord Shiva and Lord Muruga. Currently, besides
the prayers to the main deities, Malaysian Indians have high level
or spiritual awareness such as meditation and Siddha philosophy.
Though there is a significant evidence or religious awareness
among Malaysian Indians, Tamil movies produced in Malaysia
still centres in the olden religious practice and the worship to
demigods. As such, this research intends to explore the reason for
the production of such themes in local Tamil movies. Besides, the
researcher also wants to find out the reality in comparison to the
movie projections. This research also would shed light the movie
of the local Tamil movie producer in exposing the olden religious
practice rather than the reality. |
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