Of Soukhuan and Laos

Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and cel...

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Main Author: Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Kota Samarahan : Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2006
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/1/2011-10-pubChaiEG.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/
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