Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisation requires a special mode of expression, which makes the replacement of room and the reversal of time plausible to the spectator. This mode of expression is myth/ritual or theatre, or both. Here we face both. We face the imitation of an original symbolic act, the handing over of sovereignty, but on a theatre-like stage, the "Court" around the present President of Lanka in 1995. Here the sober borders between theatre and ritual become blurred. The author gives an example of a recent approximisation/ synchronisation by representatives of the PA Government of Lanka in the 1990s. The event is the conquering of Yalppanam (Jaffna) by the Lankan ar...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
This paper explores the unexpected arrival of new spirits in possession of young spirit mediums at a...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
In her 1999 monograph Sri Lankan Theatre in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in the Permitted Spac...
In her 1999 monograph Sri Lankan Theatre in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in the Permitted Spac...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
This paper explores the unexpected arrival of new spirits in possession of young spirit mediums at a...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
Approximisation refers to milieu/space and synchronisation to time. Such approximation/synchronisati...
In her 1999 monograph Sri Lankan Theatre in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in the Permitted Spac...
In her 1999 monograph Sri Lankan Theatre in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in the Permitted Spac...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Rituals have had a long historical application and have been used as a powerful tool to demonstrate ...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...
This paper explores the unexpected arrival of new spirits in possession of young spirit mediums at a...
Yaktovil healing rituals in Sri Lanka are traditionally complex night-long performances with energet...