Moral Entertainment - The Buddhist Hell Parks of Thailand

Visiting Hell parks is a popular pastime in contemporary Thailand. Situated near Buddhist temples, these gruesome sculpture gardens depict the Buddhist vision of Hell. These grotesque and violent sculptures are usually seen as an oddity and a form of low art. Perhaps for this reason, they are rarely...

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Main Author: Husarski, Roman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2021
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2021, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 195-216
Further subjects:B piekielne parki
B Buddhist hell
B political science of religion
B morality and religion
B Thai Buddhism
B sztuka buddyjska
B moralność i religia
B politologia religii
B Hell parks
B Buddhist art
B tajski buddyzm
B piekło buddyjskie
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