Ritual Tattooing and the Creation of New Buddhist Identities: An Inquiry into the Initiation Process in a Burmese Organization of Exorcists
The Manaw Seittokpad congregation, an organization of Burmese exorcists with headquarters in Bago, presents some unique features, such as a rigorous registration procedure during the initiation process. Exorcism is linked to superhuman figures, or weikza, at the center of a religious domain often ch...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Religion and society
Année: 2017, Volume: 8, Numéro: 1, Pages: 129-144 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Manaw seittokpad
/ Initiation
/ Tatouage
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Burmese Buddhism
B Rituals B internal conversion B Exorcism B Initiation B Manaw Seittokpad |
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Volltext (Maison d'édition) Volltext (doi) |