Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs

<p>This study was aimed to discover the deities in Malaysian Tamil folk songs, to</p><p>analyse the animism in deities cult and to evaluate the impacts of animism among</p><p>Tamils Labourers. Qualitative approaches with descripti...

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Main Author: Dhilip Kumar Agilan
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Published: 2023
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:101142024-04-30 Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs 2023 Dhilip Kumar Agilan PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania <p>This study was aimed to discover the deities in Malaysian Tamil folk songs, to</p><p>analyse the animism in deities cult and to evaluate the impacts of animism among</p><p>Tamils Labourers. Qualitative approaches with descriptive and explanatory designs</p><p>were used in this study. A total of 117 Malaysian Tamil folk songs that met the</p><p>research objectives were analysed. Animism theory and thematic analysis were used</p><p>to collect information from the folk songs. Data were analysed using narrative and</p><p>discourse analysis. Narrative analysis describes the content of the folk songs while</p><p>discourse analysis explains the usage of terms and words used in the folk songs that</p><p>can be related to the deities and animism. Code manual were used as research</p><p>instrument. The findings showed that eight types of deities such as Main male deities,</p><p>Main female deities, Tutelary male deities, Tutelary female deities, Devas, Nature</p><p>Deities, Festivals and Places were worshipped by the Tamil labourers. Four elements</p><p>of animism which founded in deities cult were consodilated according similarities.</p><p>This study also showed the psychological, physical and cultural impacts by animism</p><p>in deities cult among Tamil labourers. The study fully exposed the deity beliefs</p><p>among Tamil Labourers.</p> 2023 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=10114 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=10114 text tam closedAccess Masters Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi N/A
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topic PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia
Africa
Oceania
spellingShingle PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia
Africa
Oceania
Dhilip Kumar Agilan
Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
description <p>This study was aimed to discover the deities in Malaysian Tamil folk songs, to</p><p>analyse the animism in deities cult and to evaluate the impacts of animism among</p><p>Tamils Labourers. Qualitative approaches with descriptive and explanatory designs</p><p>were used in this study. A total of 117 Malaysian Tamil folk songs that met the</p><p>research objectives were analysed. Animism theory and thematic analysis were used</p><p>to collect information from the folk songs. Data were analysed using narrative and</p><p>discourse analysis. Narrative analysis describes the content of the folk songs while</p><p>discourse analysis explains the usage of terms and words used in the folk songs that</p><p>can be related to the deities and animism. Code manual were used as research</p><p>instrument. The findings showed that eight types of deities such as Main male deities,</p><p>Main female deities, Tutelary male deities, Tutelary female deities, Devas, Nature</p><p>Deities, Festivals and Places were worshipped by the Tamil labourers. Four elements</p><p>of animism which founded in deities cult were consodilated according similarities.</p><p>This study also showed the psychological, physical and cultural impacts by animism</p><p>in deities cult among Tamil labourers. The study fully exposed the deity beliefs</p><p>among Tamil Labourers.</p>
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author Dhilip Kumar Agilan
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title Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
title_short Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
title_full Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
title_fullStr Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
title_full_unstemmed Animism in deities cult in Malaysian Tamil folk songs
title_sort animism in deities cult in malaysian tamil folk songs
granting_institution Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
granting_department Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi
publishDate 2023
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