Formations of ritual : colonial and anthropological discourses on the Sinhala yaktovil /
Yaktovil is an elaborate healing ceremony employed by Sinhalas in Sri Lanka to dispel the effects of the eyesight of a pantheon of malevolent supernatural figures known as yakku. Scott's investigation of yaktovil and yakku within the Sinhala cosmology is also an inquiry into the ways in which a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©1994.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |


