First publ ished 20 15 by Routledge 2 Park Squarc, Milton Park, Abingdon , ()x(1n OX I4 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue. New York , NY 1001 7 Routledge is an imprint of/he Taylor & 1 ' ;'0110.1 CrO llI' , an inf orma business 0 20 15 Se lection and editorial maner, Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost: individual chapters, the co ntributors . The right of Jenn ifer Laing and Warwick Frost to be identified as the authors of the editorial maller, and of the autllo rs l'or their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordancc with sections 77 and 78 of the Co pyri ght. Designs and Patcnts Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of thi s book may bc reprinted Or reproduced or util iscd in any fonn or by any electronic, me chanical , Or other means, now known or hereafter invented , including pholClcopying and reco rding. or in any information storage or r et rieval system. without permission in writ in g from the publ ishers. Trade mark IIOlice: Product or co rporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks. and are used only for ide nt ification and explanation without intent ICl in fringe. Brilish Library CatalogUing ill Pliblicalion iJa/a A cata logue record for this book is available from thc British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publica/ioll DOla Rituals and traditional events in th e modern world I cdited by Jennifer Laing and Warwick frost. pages cm. - (Routledge advances in eve nt r esea r ch series) Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Rites and studies. 2. st udies. r. Laing. Jennif er. editor of compi lation . II. Frost Warwick, of comp il atio n. ON473 .R59452014 20 3'. 8-<!c23 201401911 1 ISBN: 978-0-415-70736-7 (hbk) ISBN: 978- 1-315-88687-9 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Wearset Ltd, Boldon. Tyne and Wear -I V> _ _ f'\ _ MIX - FSC" C013()Se Printed and bound in Gr ea t BriUlin by TJ international I, td , Padstow, Cornwa ll Contents vii List of illustrations ix Notes on COnlributors From pre-modern ritual s to modern events WARW I CK FROST AND H .N NI FFR LA I NG PART I 21 Asia 2 Ganesh festival: a ten da y c'(tr avaganza; a life full of 23 meanings KIRAN SHIN DE 3 Div a li festiva l in Mauriti us: the develop ment of a conceptual framework for u ndersta nding attitudes towards a nd 39 intentions to celebrate tra dit ional cult ura l festivals HAYW AN TEE RA MKISSO ON 4 T ransforming tradition : performin gwed ding ritual in 51 mode rn Ch in a YU H UA AND ZHU YUJl E 5 Re-cr eation of tr aditional rit ual into festival: the case of the 67 Ka ngn ung Da noje festiva l in South Korea SUNN Y LFE AND A I SE KI M 6 Wishing you good health , pros perity and happiness: \. 78 exploring the ri tuals an d trad itions of Chinese New Year LI:.A N NE WHITE A ND D AN IEL LEUNG 90 7 Ca tholic pro cessions in Macau UBALDI NO CO UTO