Living together with ancestors: cultural heritage and sacred places on West Java

On Java (Indonesia), sacred places (tempat keramat) are powerful and contested sites. Historically they have served as important pilgrimage sites and more recently have also become major tourist attractions. In this paper, I will explore three ways of ‘past presencing' - the nationalist, the Is...

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Main Author: Hellman, Jörgen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology [2017]
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-88
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Java (West) / Ancestor cult / Pilgrimage / Reinterpretation / Nation / Cultural heritage / Islam
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Cultural Heritage
B Anthropology
B Sacred Sites
B Ancestors
B Indonesia
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