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Indian indigenous societies are especially known for their
elaborate rituals, which offer an excellent chance for studying
religion as practice. However, few detailed ethnographic works
exist on the ritual practices of these societies. Based on
long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Jharkhand, India this book
offers insights into contemporary, previously not described rituals
of the Santal, one of the largest indigenous societies of Central
India. Its focus lies on culturally specific notions of place as
articulated and created during these rituals. In three chapters the
book discusses how the Santal "make place" on different local,
regional and global levels through their rituals: They reaffirm
their ancestral roots in their land during large sacrificial
rituals. They offer sacrifices to the dangerous deities of the
forest in exchange for rain. And they claim their region to be a
"Santal region" through large festivals celebrated in sacred
groves, which they link to national and global discourses of
indigeneity and environmentalism. Through an analysis of the
rituals of a specific society, this book addresses broader issues.
It presents an example of how to study religion as a practical
activity. It portrays culture-specific perceptions of the
environment. And last, the book underlines the potential that lies
in choosing place as a lens to study social phenomena in context.
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