Caturmāsa : celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal
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Caturmāsa : celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal
(CNWS publications, v. 133)
CNWS Publications, 2004
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Celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal
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Summary: Analysis of the religious festivals celebrated in Kathmandu during the four month (Caturmāsa) period of the year, and how Buddhist and Hindu rituals are practiced in order to cope with death
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-163) and index
"Publications of A.W. (Bert) van den Hoek / compiled by Han F. Vermeulen and Bal Gopal Shrestha": p. [165]-168
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The festivals of the 'four months' (caturmasa) stand apart from other festive occasions in Kathmandu (Nepal) in their overriding concern with death. These festivals are sacrificial feasts, dealing with the riddle of life and death in the Hindu-Buddhist context of South Asia. Caturmasa festivals are collective, supralocal affairs, crossing the border between the upper and the lower part of the town; they involve the whole town of Kathmandu, and the king of Nepal, who is both sacrificer and victim. The two main themes of the celebrations of death are sacrifice and kingship.
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