Title: MATHAMMA JATHARA OF MADIGA COMMUNITY:
A CULTURAL SYMBOLISM
Authors:
Dr. Mallikarjuna Chiruthoti
Journal:
International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research (IJSSER)
ISSN: 2455-8834
Volume:
4
Issue:
8
Publication Date:
August 2019
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Dr. Mallikarjuna Chiruthoti
Centre for Folk Culture Studies, University of Hyderabad
MLA 8 Chiruthoti, Dr. Mallikarjuna. "MATHAMMA JATHARA OF MADIGA COMMUNITY: A CULTURAL SYMBOLISM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 4, no. 8, Aug. 2019, pp. 5385-5395, ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=411. Accessed Aug. 2019.
APA Chiruthoti, D. (2019, August). MATHAMMA JATHARA OF MADIGA COMMUNITY: A CULTURAL SYMBOLISM. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 4(8), 5385-5395. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=411
Chicago Chiruthoti, Dr. Mallikarjuna. "MATHAMMA JATHARA OF MADIGA COMMUNITY: A CULTURAL SYMBOLISM." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 4, no. 8 (August 2019), 5385-5395. Accessed August, 2019. ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=411.
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ABSTRACT:
Symbols are the basis of culture. A symbol is an object, word, or action that stands for something
else with no natural relationship that is culturally defined. Everything one does throughout their
life is based and organized through cultural symbolism. Symbolism is when something
represents abstract ideas or concepts. Mathamma Jathara is a community festival of Madigas.
Mathamma is the mother goddess to the Madigas. Madiga community comes under Scheduled
Castes of Andhra Pradesh. They are suppressed and oppressed sections of the society since the
ages. This community is having their own symbols to represent their culture. This paper broadly
explains about the cultural symbolism of Mathamma Jathara of Madiga community. In specific,
it explains that how the Mathamma or Mathamma Jathara was evolved and it trace the historical
evidences that how the Madigas claim that they are the children of Mathamma and how the
procession of the Mathamma Jathara takes place in the community.
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