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Placating the Demons - Ritual Practices among Sri Lankans (Paperback)
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Placating the Demons - Ritual Practices among Sri Lankans (Paperback)
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This book critically examines dominant ceremonial practices in Sri
Lanka. It presents key ideas and symbolic systems that exist to
this day, in similar shapes or in different guises. It looks at
issues such as misfortunes caused by demons (yaksa dosa), an
important ceremonial practice known as the puna-yagaya, ideas
pertaining to spirit possession, trance, and mediums. It also deals
with classical Ayurvedic theories of disease, urban ceremonial
practices such as cases of the apotheoses from demon to divinity,
as well as multiple forms of Buddhist ceremonial practices that are
part of the Sri Lankan consciousness and have found their way into
public cultural performances in Sri Lanka. As a comprehensive
volume on ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka, this work will be
useful for scholars and researchers in cultural studies, sociology,
social-anthropology, and particularly those interested in myths and
rituals in South Asia.
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