ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows that solidarity certainly cannot be taken for granted given the deep divide between two landowning families in the village, but in addition the very question of where god will settle becomes an issue that threatens to exacerbate antagonistic relations, rather than damping them down. It explores how apparently customary ways of going on pilgrimage to Sri Pada are both invoked and adapted to resonate with younger people’s world views. The book argues how humor and irony may themselves become important media for adaptation of tradition, allowing older forms to be both deployed and altered rather than ignored altogether by groups who may feel uncomfortable adhering strictly and solemnly to custom. It aims to provide a discussion of displacements not across vast distances, but between jostling varieties of action enacted within the intense, urban space of Sehwan Sharif in Sindh.
