Sacred bribes and violence deferred: Buddhist ritual in rural Cambodia
In a rapidly modernising Cambodia, dance parties that accompany large temple celebrations and weddings have become violent arenas where young men fight with fists and knives beyond police control. In 2010, this led to a ban on dance parties during the Pchuṃ Biṇḍ celebration. This paper concerns an a...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Έτος: 2014, Τόμος: 45, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 4-24 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Εσωτερική ασφάλεια
B Βίαιη συμπεριφορά <μοτίβο> B Αγροτική περιοχή B Γιορτή B Βουδισμός (μοτίβο) B Διαφθορά <μοτίβο> B Άσκηση των θρησκευτικών καθηκόντων B Νεολαία <17-18 ετών> B Kambodscha |
| Σύνοψη: | In a rapidly modernising Cambodia, dance parties that accompany large temple celebrations and weddings have become violent arenas where young men fight with fists and knives beyond police control. In 2010, this led to a ban on dance parties during the Pchuṃ Biṇḍ celebration. This paper concerns an ad hoc bribe to lift the ban that was collected in the manner of a meritorious temple offering. I suggest that the flexible parameters of Buddhist merit-making in this ritualised context both reconfigured the bribe and palpably brought expectations of moral conduct into the energetically charged dancing arena - but only momentarily. (J Southeast Asian Stud/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4634 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
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