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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| Язык: | Английский |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Год: 2014, Том: 45, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 4-24 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Государственная безопасность
B Молодёжь (17-18 лет) B Сельский район B Коррупция (мотив) B Религиозная практика B Торжество B Kambodscha B Буддизм (мотив) B Насилие (мотив) |
| Итог: | 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 |
| Второстепенные работы: | In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
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