Introduction: ritual levity in South Asian traditions / Selva J. Raj and Corinne Dempsey
Serious levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India / Selva J. Raj
Don't take it badly, it's Holi : ritual levity, society, and agriculture / A. Whitney Sanford
Playing the married lady : primary marriage among the Newars of Nepal / Liz wilson
The "artful trick" : challenging convention through play in upstate New York / Corinne Dempsey and Sudharshan Durayappah
Friendship, humor, levity, and love in a Hindu women's ritual tradition / Tracy Pintchman
somebody else : the pain of a ritual joke / William P. Harman
Gods' play and the Buddha's way : varieties of levity in contemporary Sinhala practice / Jonathan Walters
Playing with Durga in Bengal / Rachel Fell McDermott
Turning Karbala inside out : humor and ritual critique in South Asian Muharram rites / Amy C. Bard
A Catholic charismatic healer at play in North India / Mathew N. Schmalz
Response / Jonathan Z. Smith.
