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Accepted Paper:
The Sikhs' bodies: a case of embodiment and ostentation of religious identity
Sandra Santos-Fraile
(Complutense University of Madrid)
Paper short abstract:
In Sikhism, it is through the body and the embodiment of some elements that the individuals are related to their deity and they relate to other communities, exhibiting a corporeality which stresses not only their religious belonging, but also the distinction with respect to their "others".
Paper long abstract:
The Sikh Dharma or The Sikh Code of Conduct not only refers to the religious aspect of Sikhism but also to the ordination of a series of corporal practices from which it organizes and arranges the lives of its followers. Some practices, that include a disciplined schedule, limited consumption of some foods and other products considered as contaminants, and, especially, with the ostentation of some elements, the embodiment of which have the objective to generate identity, to reveal identification and to recreate generation and the ideals of the community. So, it is through the body and the embodiment of some elements that the Sikhs are related to their deity and, at the same time, they form a relationship with other communities, exhibiting a corporeality which stresses, not only their religious belonging, but also the distinction with respect to their "others".