[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s4.28 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.28 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.28 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.28) 27. And, one might add, in actual reality. One may compare contemporary "village festivals" involving or resulting in intervillage fighting. Intervillage fighting seems to be too much of a stereotype to be simply a question of a festival accidentally degenerating into a riot. The fighting seems to belong to the festival. See, e.g., A. R. Beals, "Conflict and Interlocal Festivals in a Southern Indian Region," \*Journal of Asian Studies\*, Supplement 23 (June 1964): 99–113. - [Previous: c19.s4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.27) - [Next: c19.s4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.29) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.28) · Pramāṇa