Part 4 - Problems faced during Research

The Research Scholar had some places a smooth sail and some ruffles and rugged!

The most difficult places where it was a strain to unfold the whorl was talking to people to express the connection of these Daivas in Tulunadu, though all houses have a Daiva, but some fear talking and telling about these spirits,there and some shy away, fortunately there were few who guided the scholar amicably, and expressed their views, also being a woman and from the urban mentality, sometimes it creates a block to see sacrifice of animals as offering for the Bhuta/Daiva,closing the mind of not being Human or emphathetic towards the animals put to sacrifice.

Another place where it was even difficult to explore for the scholar was the tribe in Indonesia, The Dayak Tribe, known as utter aboriginals and head hunters.

Gods and Spirits worshipped in Indonesia are still on the unearthy level, More louder, scarier and colourful.

The research scholar could get a chance to talk in details to Michiel Palmeiri an Artist Researcher who has had the oppurtumity to stay with the Dayak Tribe for more than 10 years, he helped a lot in thought processing the Research Scholars curious queries.

Hence the Research Scholar wants to say and explain many connections of Culture and Traditions and Religion followed the Good and Bad, the Negative and Positive the Evil and Blessings are the core of any religious and cultural practice where always if there is bad the good has to happen to overcome!

Ultimately why did the research scholar choose the Ying Yang Methodology is because -The research scholar shows ying-yang pattern in her research methodology is because ying and yang both mean negative and positive energy. In Chinese Taoism, a Chinese philosophy there are two fundamentals -one negative, passive, earthy, dark, cold, wet and feminine (yin) and the other positive, bright, heavenly, active, dry, hot, and masculine(yang)–as both ying and yang we complement each other perfectly and are the balance of intellect and emotions, here this concept, the research scholar has compared it to Shiva and Parvati or rather Parvati and Shiva where Parvati is feminine (ying) Shiva (yang) is masculine. The balance of ardhanareshwar in the cosmic ethernity.

The position of ying and yang is ying on the left and yang on the right like the placement of shiva parvati too the same masculine right feminine left–ying (dark) is shown as sinking the movement of ying and supporting or under pinning the action of ying while yang is shown as rising and expanding / radiating, emanating illuminating.

The apparent movement is clockwise which infers harmony and co operation Hence as this philosophy goes close to the research scholars search and quest of the evolution of negative and positive union to get the progeny out of this to run the existence.

So she has implied this theory of methodology having said it’s a close resemblance to the research scholars thought and crux of this research.