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Politics and religion have long been seen as conflicting domains in the Socialist Republic of Viêt Nam in official discourse. Yet, attention to local religious practice reveals long historical traditions of negotiation between local religious ...
Phương Anh Phan, Lauren Meeker
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Filial Duties in the Ugaritic Epic of Danilu and Aqhatu
The list of filial duties from the Aqhatu story constitutes a passage unique to the literature of the ancient Near East, emphasized in the epic by its fourfold repetition in close proximity. This is why the list has attracted much attention of scholars,
Marcin Majewski
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Looking back to Quiddity Between Traditional Chinese Architecture and Ancestor Worship
Ancestor worship was profound in pre-modern China, so how was it originally related to architecture and how was it associated with a notion of quiddity?
Mengbi Li
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Religion, Nonreligion and the Sacred: Art and the Contemporary Rituals of Birth
This paper looks at the role of art and material culture in the rituals of birth, first taking into consideration research on material culture in traditional rituals of birth and then turning to the primary topic, which is how art in the contemporary ...
Anna M. Hennessey
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The Protection and Utilization of the Architectural Space of Traditional Rural Ancestral Hall Architectural Space from the Perspective of Spatial Production Theory [PDF]
This paper explores the spatial activation of traditional rural ancestral halls. By applying the theory of spatial production, it analyzes the dilemmas faced by the activation of ancestral hall spaces from three dimensions: material space, social space ...
Chen Zhengyu
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Historical Origins of Circular Dance Ohuokhai: Structure, Semantics, Symbolism
The relevance of studying is determined by the ongoing renaissance of the ohuohai dance in the cultural practice of modern Yakut people. The novelty of the research is seen in the proposal of a scientific version: circular dances following the course of ...
V. E. Vasiliev, M. T. Satanar
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Rec. av Triin Laidoner: Ancestor Worship and the Elite in Late Iron Age Scandinavia. A Grave Matter. London & New York: Routledge 2020. 184 sidor.
Olof Sundqvist
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Pan-Africanism: a contorted delirium or a pseudonationalist paradigm? Revivalist critique [PDF]
This essaic-article goes against established conventions that there is anything ethno-cultural (and hence national) about the so-called African tribes.
Albert C. +19 more
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Origin and Functions of Chinese Seasonal Festivals Qingmingjie and Chongyangjie
The article analyses the connection between Chinese folk calendar and the fundamental to the whole religious and social tradition of China ancestor worship.
Evelina Hein
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The challenge that Confucian filial piety poses for Korean churches
Contemporary ancestor worship is currently practiced around the world in several different forms. However, the essence and practice of ancestor worship varies throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America.
David M. Park, Julian C. Müller
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