Samban (the white Python): The Kha (Lao Theung) revolt of 1936-39
The revolt of the Shaman, Samban and his montagnard followers of a "Python God" which spread from the Vietnamese highlands of Annam to southern Laos in the late 1930s is discussed in the context of proto-nationalist responses to the intervention of outside powers. It is argued that despite...
| Published in: | Sojourn |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institution
1988
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| In: |
Sojourn
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| Further subjects: | B
Resistance
B Colonialism B Mass movement Sociology B Laos Religious organization Politischer Widerstand Kolonialzeit Mass movement Tree trunk History Kolonialpolitik France B Religious organization B Tree trunk Ethnology B History B France B Laos |
| Summary: | The revolt of the Shaman, Samban and his montagnard followers of a "Python God" which spread from the Vietnamese highlands of Annam to southern Laos in the late 1930s is discussed in the context of proto-nationalist responses to the intervention of outside powers. It is argued that despite their millenarian character and abject failure, such movements are important reminders of the political nature of the native resistance against native powers. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0217-9520 |
| Contains: | In: Sojourn
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