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| Water in Lahu Ritual and Symbolism: Synthesizing Indigenous and Indic (Mostly Buddhist) Ideas Among a Tibeto-Burman Speaking Mountain People of the Yunnan-Northern Southeast Asia Borderlands | ||
| 作者 | Walker, Anthony R. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Anthropos |
| 卷期 | v.106 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2011 |
| 頁次 | 359 - 378 |
| 出版者 | Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.nomos.de/ |
| 出版地 | Baden-Baden, Germany [巴登-巴登, 德國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Anthony Walker, Professor of Anthropology in the Sociology and Anthropology Programme, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. As a graduate student at Oxford University, he first began studying the Lahu people more than forty-five years ago and started his Yunnan-based studies in 1990, under the aegis of The Ohio State University. He has also conducted field research among the Toda of South India and in Fiji. |
| 摘要 | Notions of water, both as symbol of purity and means of purification, are evidenced in many Lahu ritual activities. Simultaneously, bodies of water and waterways are considered to be the abode of owner-spirits that may cause harm to those who infringe on their aquatic domain without first exercising sufficient respect and/or propitiation. Exposure to Buddhism has brought with it an overlay of Indic notions concerning water, particularly notable among which is the custom of ritually pouring water onto the earth as a means of transferring the merit of a person's gift-giving to others, either living or dead. Lahu attitudes towards water and its use in ritual are among many facets of the Lahu cultural heritage that exemplify a synthesis of animist, theist and Buddhist ideas and practices. This situation serves to remind us of the dangers inherent in categorizing mountain peoples, such as the Lahu, as altogether distinct from their politically-dominant lowland neighbors in the Yunnan-Northern Southeast Asia borderlands. |
| 目次 | 1 The Lahu: An Ethnographic Background 359 2 The Harnessing and Use of Water among the Lahu: A Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu) Example from North Thailand 361 3 Water in Lahu Rite and Symbol 363 3.1 Water in the Animistic Domain 363 3.1.1 The Lahu "Water Spirit" or "Water Spirits" 364 3.1.2 Streamside Ritual Activity 364 3.1.3 Water as an Offering to Spirits 368 3.1.4 Water for Enticing Back a Wandering Soul 369 3.1.5 Water as Symbol of New Beginnings 369 3.1.6 Water as an Agent of Purification 372 3.2 Water in the Buddhist Domain 372 3.2.1 The Use of Water in Lahu Village Temples 373 3.2.2 Charmed Water and Lahu Holy Men 375 3.2.3 Pouring Water to Transfer Merit: From Brahmanical Rite to Lahu Custom (via Buddhism) 4 Concluding Remarks References Cited 376 |
| ISSN | 02579774 (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 137 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.01 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.01 |
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