Belief Systems and Supernaturalism of Thachanadan Moopan of Wayanad: Changing Trends and Persisting Traditions

About the Book

The book Belief Systems and Supernaturalism of Thachanadan Moopan of Wayanad: Changing Trends and Persisting Traditions is an ethnographic account of Thachanadan Moopan, which is a scheduled tribe, inhabiting in the district of Wayanad, Kerala, South India. The thrust of the book is to appraise the sociocultural changes that occurred in the time and space in relation to the worldview of Thachanadan Moopan. Further, the book describes the traditional belief system of Thachanadan Moopan with that of Vidyarthi’s sacred complex and the cultural values of Thachanadan Moopan must have to be shielded and documented as it is in the vanishing stage. The book also portrays the quo and pro with regard to the changes that occurred in the religious life of Thachanadan Moopan, which are predominantly due to acculturation and enculturation, and there upheaves the question of identity in the religious life of Thachanadan Moopan.

About the Author

Sreejisha, V P is a doctoral candidate in the department of anthropology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India. Her areas of interests include the natural resource management and sustainable livelihood of tribes and tribal communities of India in general and Kerala in particular. She has published her research work in the different anthropological journals of national and international repute. She is a life member of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA).