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| The Religious World of Guthis: Three Facets of Newār Civilization, Nepal | ||
| 作者 | Toffin, Gérard (著) |
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| 出處題名 | European Bulletin of Himalayan Research |
| 卷期 | n.56 Winter |
| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 頁次 | 1 - 21 |
| 出版者 | EBHR Editorial Committee |
| 出版地 | Kathmandu, Nepal [加德滿都, 尼泊爾] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. |
| 關鍵詞 | indigenous religion; Newār; Kathmandu Valley; funerals; music; aniconic deities; Hinduism; Buddhism; syncretism |
| 摘要 | Despite the impact of Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism, the religion of Jyāpu ‘farmers’ of the Newār ethnic group still presents features that do not fit in with these two ‘high religions’. This paper is devoted to this indigenous cultural heritage and deals specifically with religious aspects linked to the Jyāpu guthi (association, religious group) organisation. It first of all explores rites and beliefs associated with dance and music. The cult of the aniconic deity Nāsaḥdyaḥ, central to these questions, is analysed. Second, sīkābhvāy, the banquet during which the head of a sacrificial animal is offered to a specific deity and eaten by the eight seniormost men within the group is studied. This religious feast, imbued with hierarchy, male dominance over women, secrecy, prominence of senior people, thakāli, animal sacrifice and meat eating, echoes other indigenous religions of Southeast Asia. Third, death and cremation associations, si guthi and sanāḥ guthi, both key social units of the village organisation, are scrutinised. In Jyāpu villages, these death cult groups are closely associated with territorial bonds and with the symbolic protection of localities – a feature that figures to a greater degree in the indigenous tribal universe than in the Hindu world. Finally, I show how the two concepts of Indianisation and vernacularisation throw light on this ethnographic material and may explain some developments of religious faiths and beliefs in the Kathmandu Valley and in the Himalayas. |
| 目次 | Introduction 1 Music among the Jyāpu community: Nāsaḥdyaḥ, the Newār god of music 4 Masked dances among Jyāpu farmers and Gathu gardeners: the sīkābhvāy meat-sharing ceremony 7 Death guthi groups in Jyāpu villages’ religious mindscape: death and prosperity 11 Conclusion: Indianisation and Vernacularisation 16 BIBLIOGRAPHY 19 NOTES 20 Abstract 21 INDEX 21 Keywords 21 AUTHOR 21 |
| ISSN | 28236114 (E) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ebhr.172 |
| 點閱次數 | 1 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.11.27 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.11.27 |
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