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Sacred Landscape of the Himalaya - Proceedings of an International Conference at Heidelberg 25-27 May 1998 (Hardcover)
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Sacred Landscape of the Himalaya - Proceedings of an International Conference at Heidelberg 25-27 May 1998 (Hardcover)
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Where the mountains can be gods it seems obvious to talk about the
sacredness of landscape: The proceedings of an international
seminar at Heidelberg in May 1998 presents nine case studies
covering the entire range of the Himalaya, from Ladakh and Garhwal
in India, to Humla and Mustang in Nepal as well as Bhutan. The
focus is on space-related architectural and/or anthropological
analysis of the built environment and its location in landscape - a
term that denotes the uniqueness and singularity of a certain
place. The presented cases document how on various scales
territories are identified with protective deities, a quality that
requires ritual renewal through processions and physical acts like
colouring. Actions and perceptions allow the reader to understand
landscape as a process rather than an essence of space. Based on
original fieldwork of seven architects, three anthropologists and
one Tibetologist carried out during the decade preceding the
conference, this volume presents - for the first time - Himalayan
settlements with detailed maps of villages and architectural
drawings of houses. The extensive visual presentation allows the
reader to enter into the complex world of valleys that construct
the mountains as the realm of the gods.
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