Landscape, Ritual and Identity Among the Hyolmo of Nepal

ISBN-13: 9781472475824 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 232 str.

Davide Torri

Opis

Highlighting patterns of change and adaptation among the Hyolmo of Nepal, their religious life in the villages and in the urban context, this book addresses the Shamanic-Buddhist interface and their dynamics of change, mutual appropriations and negotiations over time. An important contribution to the anthropology of Nepal and to the anthropology of religion and ethnic identity, the book's analyses of the various dimensions of social, political, and religious life of the Hyolmo people offer a unique insight into a fascinating Himalayan culture and its formation.

Spis treści

Foreword by Graham Harvey; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Ethnicity and the state. Historical introduction to Nepal’s ethnic revival movements; 3 Notes towards a theory of landscape: from the animist landscape to the Buddhist beyul; 4 Secret and sacred. Yolmo as a beyul; 5 Shamans in Helambu; 6 Ritual dynamics; 7 Identity Matters; 8 Conclusions; Appendix 1 List of Indigenous Nationalities; Glossary; Bibliography