Landscape, Ritual and Identity among the Hyolmo of Nepal: The Buddha and the Drum (Vitality of Indigenous Religions) - Hardcover

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Torri, Davide

 
9781472475824: Landscape, Ritual and Identity among the Hyolmo of Nepal: The Buddha and the Drum (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1472475828 ISBN 13: 9781472475824
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book analyses the social, political and religious life of the Hyolmo people of Nepal. Highlighting patterns of change and adaptation, it addresses the Shamanic-Buddhist interface that exists in the animated landscape of the Himalayas.

Opening with an analysis of the ethnic revival of Nepal, the book first considers the Himalayan religious landscape and its people. Specific attention is then given to Helambu, home of the Hyolmo people, within the framework of Tibetan Buddhism. The discussion then turns to the persisting shamanic tradition of the region and the ritual dynamics of Hyolmo culture. The book concludes by considering broader questions of Hyolmo identity in the Nepalese context, as well as reflecting on the interconnection of landscape, ritual and identity.

Offering a unique insight into a fascinating Himalayan culture and its formation, this book will be of great interest to scholars of indigenous peoples and religion across religious studies, Buddhist studies, cultural anthropology and South Asian studies.

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About the Author

Davide Torri is currently a researcher at the Department of History Anthropology Religions Performing Arts (official English translation of the SARAS [Storia Antropologia Religioni Arte Spettacolo]), at Sapienza University of Rome. In addition, he is associate member of the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (Germany) and of the Centre d’Etudes Himalayennes of the CNRS (France). He co-edited Shamanism and Violence: Power, Repression and Suffering in Indigenous Religious Conflicts (2013) and is the author of Il Lama e il Bombo: Sciamanismo e buddhismo tra gli Hyolmo del Nepal (2014).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1472475828
ISBN 13 
9781472475824
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
232

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