Ritual Tattooing and the Creation of New Buddhist Identities: An Inquiry into the Initiation Process in a Burmese Organization of Exorcists
The Manaw Seittokpad congregation, an organization of Burmese exorcists with headquarters in Bago, presents some unique features, such as a rigorous registration procedure during the initiation process. Exorcism is linked to superhuman figures, or weikza, at the center of a religious domain often ch...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn
[2017]
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Religion and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-144 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Manaw seittokpad
/ Initiation
/ Tattoo
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| Further subjects: | B
Burmese Buddhism
B Rituals B internal conversion B Exorcism B Initiation B Manaw Seittokpad |
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