This Coconut Was the One That Finally Worked: Cursing for Peace and Justice in Sri Lanka
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- kali-nov05-c007
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- KALI-NOV05-C007
- Author or attribution
- Lars Waldorf; Nilanjana Premaratna
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2025 (online 2024)
- Source / repository
- Peacebuilding 13(2), 209-229; DOI 10.1080/21647259.2024.2374335
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- Open access
- Subjects
- Additional Full-Text Sources — 5 November 2026; Sri Lanka; Substantial Kali invocation within Sri Lankan public ritual and social activism
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Studies Sandya Ekneligoda's public invocation of Kali and Pattini, coconut-breaking prayer, political protest, and ritual responses to enforced disappearance. A distinct collaborative peacebuilding article, not an alternate version of Chulani Kodikara's Memory Studies essay on similar events.
Curator source KALI-NOV05-C007. Research release: 5 November 2026.
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Lars Waldorf; Nilanjana Premaratna | 2025 (online 2024) | Sri Lanka | English
Publication: Peacebuilding 13(2), 209-229; DOI 10.1080/21647259.2024.2374335
Studies Sandya Ekneligoda's public invocation of Kali and Pattini, coconut-breaking prayer, political protest, and ritual responses to enforced disappearance. A distinct collaborative peacebuilding article, not an alternate version of Chulani Kodikara's Memory Studies essay on similar events.
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Relationship: Substantial Kali invocation within Sri Lankan public ritual and social activism
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Lars Waldorf; Nilanjana Premaratna. This Coconut Was the One That Finally Worked: Cursing for Peace and Justice in Sri Lanka. Peacebuilding 13(2), 209-229; DOI 10.1080/21647259.2024.2374335. 2025 (online 2024).
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