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Sounding the Body in Buddhist Nepal: Neku Horns, Himalayan Shamanism, and the Transmigration of the Disembodied Spirit |
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| Author |
Greene, Paul D. (著)
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| Source |
The World of Music
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| Volume | v.44 n.2 |
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| Date | 2002 |
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| Pages | 93 - 114 |
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| Publisher | Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung |
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http://www.vwb-verlag.com/
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | The Subtitle of the Journal: Body and Ritual in Buddhist Musical Cultures. |
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| Abstract | In rituals following a death in the Kathmandu Valley, members of the Buddhist Manandhar (Oil Presser) caste of Newars sound the neku buffalo horn, a specially venerated, even deified instrument. The horn is likened to a relic of the dead person through mythical and symbolic identification of the buffalo as a person's incarnation. Many practitioners believe that the neku sound is heard and recognized by the dead person as he or she journeys through the murky stages of death, disembodiment, and re-integration into a new mind-body complex. It is recognized as a helpful sound heard during previous transmigrations, when neku rituals also were performed. The dead person, whose progress toward rebirth may be hindered, follows the sound to find advantageous rebirth, and the living find healing, peace, and religious merit. Its mystical familiarity transcends the usually inscrutable boundaries of death and rebirth, and as Manandhar s contemplate it, they reconceptualize their own bodies and actualize Buddhist soteriological beliefs. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 93
1. Oil Pressers and Horn Blowers 97
2. Sounding a Relic 100
3. Contemplating Mystical Familiarities of the Body 104
4. Musically Guiding the Dead 107
5. Neku and the Transmigrating Person 111
Notes 112
References 113 |
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| ISSN | 00438774 (P) |
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| Created date | 2024.10.18 |
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| Modified date | 2024.10.25 |
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