Introduction
This website is built by Jule Jaeger, Laura Preusse and Martijn Renckens. It is a part of our Anthropology course at NHTV in Breda, the Netherlands.
Nowadays millions of festivals are celebrated all over the world. For many people it is a leisure acitivity that offers a unique possibility to escape daily life for a while. Since we participated in several festivals ourselves it is interesting to change the perspective and analyse them from an anthropolocial point of view.
Our intention is to find out which function festivals have and how the meaning of a particular event may change when it gets uprooted and integrated in a foreign country with an alien culture.
Therefore we chose the Holi Festival, a Hindu festival that has its origin in India.
In taking three different steps by reading through our website you can follow us on our way to find answers.
First you will find information about the Anthropology of Festivals in general. Afterwards the Holi Festival is introduced and its meaning will be analysed. As a last step we take a look at Hindus living in London today and the way "their" Holi Festival is celebrated in Britains capital.
Nowadays millions of festivals are celebrated all over the world. For many people it is a leisure acitivity that offers a unique possibility to escape daily life for a while. Since we participated in several festivals ourselves it is interesting to change the perspective and analyse them from an anthropolocial point of view.
Our intention is to find out which function festivals have and how the meaning of a particular event may change when it gets uprooted and integrated in a foreign country with an alien culture.
Therefore we chose the Holi Festival, a Hindu festival that has its origin in India.
In taking three different steps by reading through our website you can follow us on our way to find answers.
First you will find information about the Anthropology of Festivals in general. Afterwards the Holi Festival is introduced and its meaning will be analysed. As a last step we take a look at Hindus living in London today and the way "their" Holi Festival is celebrated in Britains capital.