The Brú Shaman’s Headdress
On the basis of two years of fieldwork in the Central Vietnamese Highlands, the author’s aim is to provide a detailed ethnographic description and analysis of the Bru shamanic headdress, of its manufacture, use and symbolism. Departing from a minute description of the headdresses and especially of a...
| Published in: | Shaman |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publ.
2020
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Shaman
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 111-156 |
| Summary: | On the basis of two years of fieldwork in the Central Vietnamese Highlands, the author’s aim is to provide a detailed ethnographic description and analysis of the Bru shamanic headdress, of its manufacture, use and symbolism. Departing from a minute description of the headdresses and especially of a full list of their “accoutrements” (symbolic objects attached to the pigtails hanging from the back of the wreath-shaped headdresses), the author sets out seven groups, based on their explicit or implicit symbolism. He argues that (Bru) shamanic headdresses are “open” art works, each piece representing a unique assortment, depending on time, place and person, from a large pool of symbolic possibilities. |
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| ISSN: | 1216-7827 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Shaman
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