Between the sea and the shore: mediating the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore
The Chinese diaspora brought tablets and effigies of their Taoist gods with them when they migrated to Southeast Asia. Temples in the region hold annual festivals to evoke this passage from the sea to the shore, assisted by makeshift sets, props, and generators with floodlights. In this article, I e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Carfax Publ.
[2019]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-134 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Singapore
/ Taoism
/ Gods
/ Ritual
/ Coast
/ Ocean
/ Procession
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
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public performance
B Procession B multi-media ritual B religious festival B Digital technology B religious practice in Singapore |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |