The ritual incorporation and cross-cultural communication in Camau, Vietnam: a case study of the Tianhou cult

Tianhou (天后) is a popular religious figure rooted in Fujian, China. Historically, she was continuously ‘standardised’ by late imperial China, making this character a standard symbol. In the late 17th century, Chinese immigrants propagated the Tianhou cult in Southern Vietnam, further developed, and...

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Main Author: Nguyễn, Ngọc Thơ (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ca Mau / Chinese people / Ritual / Mazu Goddess / Acculturation / Ancestor cult / Cultural contact / Ethnic identity / History 2014-2017
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BB Indigenous religions
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B ritual incorporation
B cross-cultural communication
B Ethnic Chinese
B Camau
B Tianhou
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