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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
[2017]
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Religion and society
Ano: 2017, Volume: 8, Número: 1, Páginas: 129-144 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Manaw seittokpad
/ Iniciação
/ Tatuagem
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Burmese Buddhism
B Rituals B Iniciação B internal conversion B Exorcism B Manaw Seittokpad |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
