The Ravi Dasis of Punjab: global contours of caste and religious strife
The Ravi Dasis of Punjab: global contours of caste and religious strife
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旁遮普邦的拉维·达西斯：种姓和宗教冲突的全球轮廓
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2009
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S. Jodhka
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S. Jodhka
今年5月，两名来访的维也纳拉维达西斯宗教领袖遭到袭击，袭击可能是由当地一群激进的锡克教徒发动的，在旁遮普引发了广泛的暴力事件。尽管Ravi Dasi Dalits的大部分暴力行为是针对公共财产的，反映了他们对维也纳事件的普遍愤怒，但主流媒体很快将其解读为锡克教内部的另一起种姓冲突，即达利特锡克教徒和上层种姓锡克教徒之间的冲突。这种对今天旁遮普种姓和宗教现实的歪曲可能导致达利特人和主流锡克教之间的社区分歧。本文通过对旁遮普邦拉维-达斯的实证研究，试图从历史的角度对今天的旁遮普邦的种姓和宗教进行研究。
The attack in May on two visiting religious leaders of Ravi Dasis in Vienna, presumably by a group of local militant Sikhs, sparked off widespread violence in Punjab. Though most of the violence by Ravi Dasi dalits was directed against public property and reflected their general anger at the Vienna incident, the mainstream media was quick to interpret it as yet another instance of caste conflict within Sikhism, viz, between dalit Sikhs and upper caste Sikhs. Such misrepresentations of caste and religious realities of Punjab today could lead to a communal divide between dalits and mainstream Sikhism. Based on an empirical study of the Punjabi Ravi Dasis, the paper tries to provide a historical perspective on caste and religion in Punjab today.