| dc.description.abstract | My thesis is focused on understanding the relationship between the two religious communities, Kalasha as minority and Muslims as majority, living in the North of Pakistan. The theoretical framework is set around the text of Fredrik Barth’s ‘Ethnic groups and boundaries’ to create a picture of the ethnic and religious boundaries of each group. Also, to analyse the dance in relationship to these boundaries. By using the concept of Alfred Schutz’s ‘The Phenomenology of the Social World’, I have shed some light upon the meaning of the actions that take place between the social world of these communities while also exploring their possible intension behind these actions. Another important aspect of this research is the analysis of the Kalasha dance along with the realization of these dances in different events. Kalasha events have different emotions attached to different events which I refer to as modes. These modes are also an important part of Kalasha dance. To reach my goal, I have used some unconventional methods such as drawing and characterization of the dance types for analyzing the Kalasha dance. Once this is done, it becomes easy to comprehend the relationship between the dance types and their realisation in different modes. By doing so I hope to form a solid foundation to further explore my concern of the effect of two ethnic groups living together on Kalasha dance. | en_US |
