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How do Diwali events provide challenging contexts for ethnomusicological research?
In this paper, what does the author argue? How does this compare and contrast with to African diasporic representation in New York City?
What are some of the multiple definitions for “Asian?”
In what ways is New Zealand’s South Asian population diverse?
What attention has been given to the study of musical festivals? Why?
Why is this type of festival significant for the Soutb Asian diaspora?
To what does “intervention” refer? How has it impacted festivals?
What is Diwali in New Zealand? How has it been transformed in the New Zealand context?
What occurs in the lead up to Diwali? How is the celebration summarized?
What is the role of stage performance?
How did interviewees describe the event?
Around which two spheres of local action has Diwali been built?
What opinions did informants have concerning the event?
What does the author conclude?