ABSTRACT The Sikh Gurus promoted gender equality, but still women’s voices are being silenced from playing Gurbānī Kīrtan inside the Golden Temple. The reasons for their exclusion center around the sexualization of the female body, purity and pollution, appeals to tradition, and questions of musical proficiency. Today, Sikhs in India and the diaspora ask that the Sikh philosophy of equality be fully enacted in pedagogy and praxis. Through ethnographic investigation, historical analysis and critical inquiry, this paper addresses the importance of liberating the Sikh self and psyche from institutional systems of oppression to reclaim Sikh sovereignty, equality and the female voice.

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在锡克教修行音乐中赋予女性声音：在教学法和实践中定位平等

摘要锡克教徒宗师促进了性别平等，但在金庙内演奏古尔班尼·基尔坦（GurbānīKīrtan）的声音仍被沉默。他们被排斥的原因主要是女性的性别，纯洁和污染，对传统的吸引力以及音乐水平的问题。今天，印度的锡克教徒和散居海外的人要求在教育学和实践中充分体现锡克教的平等哲学。通过人种学调查，历史分析和批判性探究，本文论述了将锡克教徒的自我和心理从压迫的制度体系中解放出来以恢复锡克教徒的主权，平等和女性声音的重要性。