God of the land and water, and messianism among the Pwo Karen (Thaïland) The rites performed for the god of land and water among three Pwo Karen groups in western and northern Thaïland are described. This community's identity is based on the relation between people and the territory they occupy, a relation implying reciprocity, complementariness and harmony. The earth divinities, with whom the Karen struck a moral pact when they settled in the area, vouchsafe good behavior among humans. Contemporary issues in rural Thaïland raise questions about certain clauses in this pact. Through ceremonies inspired by Buddhism but tinted with messianism, the Karen are trying to reestablish this relation by reaffirming an ideal of life, which enables th...
L’absence, chez les Drung du Yunnan, de rituels clairement identifiables comme rituels territoriaux ...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...
God of the land and water, and messianism among the Pwo Karen (Thaïland) The rites performed for th...
This paper describes and analyses a “ tree ordination” ceremony organized in 1999 by a network of Ka...
Between heaven and earth : Divine mediation among the T'aï What changes has the conversion to Buddh...
Masters of the land and gods of the territory in Ladakh Masters of the land and gods of the territ...
Masters of the land and gods of the territory in Ladakh Masters of the land and gods of the territ...
Abstract No traditional centralized political authority exists among the Ngambay in the South-West o...
RésuméSukyo Mahikari est un prophétisme japonais né en 1959 basé sur un rituel de purification (okiy...
From Nature to the Supernatural For mountain-dwelling Nepalese peasants, a series of secret corres...
From Nature to the Supernatural For mountain-dwelling Nepalese peasants, a series of secret corres...
Chiefs, gods of the land and land registry in Nepal In Nepal, a discreet but omnipresent divinity,...
This article probes into the historical details and the present practices of Karen Buddhist movement...
Chiefs, gods of the land and land registry in Nepal In Nepal, a discreet but omnipresent divinity,...
L’absence, chez les Drung du Yunnan, de rituels clairement identifiables comme rituels territoriaux ...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...
God of the land and water, and messianism among the Pwo Karen (Thaïland) The rites performed for th...
This paper describes and analyses a “ tree ordination” ceremony organized in 1999 by a network of Ka...
Between heaven and earth : Divine mediation among the T'aï What changes has the conversion to Buddh...
Masters of the land and gods of the territory in Ladakh Masters of the land and gods of the territ...
Masters of the land and gods of the territory in Ladakh Masters of the land and gods of the territ...
Abstract No traditional centralized political authority exists among the Ngambay in the South-West o...
RésuméSukyo Mahikari est un prophétisme japonais né en 1959 basé sur un rituel de purification (okiy...
From Nature to the Supernatural For mountain-dwelling Nepalese peasants, a series of secret corres...
From Nature to the Supernatural For mountain-dwelling Nepalese peasants, a series of secret corres...
Chiefs, gods of the land and land registry in Nepal In Nepal, a discreet but omnipresent divinity,...
This article probes into the historical details and the present practices of Karen Buddhist movement...
Chiefs, gods of the land and land registry in Nepal In Nepal, a discreet but omnipresent divinity,...
L’absence, chez les Drung du Yunnan, de rituels clairement identifiables comme rituels territoriaux ...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...
Agitated Negotiations : The Description of a Situation of Interactions between People and Gods How...