RT Article
T1 Gold Palaces: Merit, Beauty, and Perfection in the Cremation Structures of Monks in Northern Thailand
JF MAVCOR journal
VO 5
IS 2
A1 Hall, Rebecca S.
LA English
PB Yale University
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1801140111
AB Cremation structures serve the utilitarian purpose of incinerating a corpse to aid transition from life to death, but in contemporary practice in Northern Thailand, opulent, golden-colored cremation structures called prasat sop also create a stunning sight that give local viewers a deeper understanding of all sentient beings’ connection to death.
K1 Buddhism
K1 Funerary
K1 Ritual
K1 Death
K1 Mountains
K1 Gold
K1 Prasat Sop
K1 Cremation
DO 10.22332/mav.ess.2021.8