Death of a headman or the shaman’s logic
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Standing stones, Mewa valleyStanding stone in Bhote country (left); graves and standing stones in Thanku (right)Photos Philippe Sagant, 1970; sources: LESC_FPS_7.1.12 et LESC_FPS_7.1.4The events that follow occurred in the sixties, in northeastern Nepal among the Tibeto-Burmese speaking Yakthumba, or Limbu as the Nepali call them.Two headmen, brothers, were locked in a struggle for power. The first, and eldest, had temporarily given up on local action. He was looking to a national position. ...
Source: Ateliers d anthropologie
Author: Philippe Sagant
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2993540487