When is a Hat a Mountain? The Material Religion of Gesar Bards' Hats
Based on interviews performed in Qinghai, this article examines the ritual for creating the "mountain hat" used by bards of Tibet's Gesar epic in the Yushu and Golok provinces to argue for its importance in constructing local ideas of identity and authority. After introducing a typolo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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| In: |
Material religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-212 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ge-sar-Gyi-sGrungs
/ Bard
/ Hats
/ Ritual
/ Mountain
/ Sacralization
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Gesar epic
B mountain gods B David Morgan B hats B Ritual B Image B Performance B Tibetan religion |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |