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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Autore principale: Brac de La Perrière, Bénédicte 1958- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: [2017]
In: Religion and society
Anno: 2017, Volume: 8, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 129-144
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Manaw seittokpad / Iniziazione / Tatuaggio
Altre parole chiave:B Burmese Buddhism
B Rituals
B internal conversion
B Iniziazione
B Exorcism
B Manaw Seittokpad
Accesso online: Volltext (Publisher)
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