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Mimicry and Counter-Discourse on the Palimpsest of Nagori: The Play of Saint Anthony and His Double, Sādhu Āntoni

Mimicry and Counter-Discourse on the Palimpsest of Nagori: The Play of Saint Anthony and His... Mimicry and Counter-Discourse on the Palimpsest of Nagori: The Play of Saint Anthony and His Double, Sādhu Āntoni Syed Jamil Ahmed Hardly half a kilometer southeast from the Church of Saint Nich- olas Tolentino at Nagori, thirty-five kilometers northeast from Daka, Bangladesh, stands the Chapel of Saint Anthony at Panjora. Here, on Friday, 6 February 2009, nearly seventy thousand people gathered to pay homage to the most important saint for the Bangladeshi Catholics: Saint Anthony of Padua, who was born in Portugal in 1195 and is locally known as Sādhu Āntoni. It was his feast day, which is celebrated here on the Friday before Lent, instead of 13 June as in the Roman Catholic 2 3 liturgical calendar. During the preceding nine days, novenae were offered in the chapel, and a form of indigenous performance known as Sādhu Āntanir gān (lit. “the lay of Saint Anthony”) was performed in his honor. (See Plates 2 and 3.) On the feast day, masses were held, homi- lies were delivered, and offerings of candles, biscuits, money, silver and gold chains, pigeons, chickens, and goats were made by many devotees in fulfilment of their mānat (a vow made for granting a favor). Most http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Mimicry and Counter-Discourse on the Palimpsest of Nagori: The Play of Saint Anthony and His Double, Sādhu Āntoni

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Mimicry and Counter-Discourse on the Palimpsest of Nagori: The Play of Saint Anthony and His Double, Sādhu Āntoni Syed Jamil Ahmed Hardly half a kilometer southeast from the Church of Saint Nich- olas Tolentino at Nagori, thirty-five kilometers northeast from Daka, Bangladesh, stands the Chapel of Saint Anthony at Panjora. Here, on Friday, 6 February 2009, nearly seventy thousand people gathered to pay homage to the most important saint for the Bangladeshi Catholics: Saint Anthony of Padua, who was born in Portugal in 1195 and is locally known as Sādhu Āntoni. It was his feast day, which is celebrated here on the Friday before Lent, instead of 13 June as in the Roman Catholic 2 3 liturgical calendar. During the preceding nine days, novenae were offered in the chapel, and a form of indigenous performance known as Sādhu Āntanir gān (lit. “the lay of Saint Anthony”) was performed in his honor. (See Plates 2 and 3.) On the feast day, masses were held, homi- lies were delivered, and offerings of candles, biscuits, money, silver and gold chains, pigeons, chickens, and goats were made by many devotees in fulfilment of their mānat (a vow made for granting a favor). Most

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Asian Theatre Journal – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Aug 11, 2010

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