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Between the Living and the Dead: Three-Tail Funeral Banners of Northern Thailand |
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Hall, Rebecca S. (著)
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Ars Orientalis
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| Volume | v.46 |
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| Date | 2016 |
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| Pages | 40 - 60 |
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| Publisher | Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan |
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| Location | Michigan, US [密西根州, 美國] |
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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 | Rebecca S. Hall, PhD (UCLA), 2008, is an independent scholar who has authored articles on Northern Thai and Lao Buddhist banners and Northern Thai funeral art. Her research explores the relationship between art and Buddhist practice and examines visual expressions of belief related to Buddhist cosmology. |
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| Abstract | Buddhist rituals and ceremonies in contemporary Northern Thailand are performed as a way to frame and manage the uncertainty and inevitability of death. In the first glimpses of a Northern Thai funeral ceremony, it is easy to conclude that the most important participants are the monks, the lay specialist, and the dead person’s family, but a closer look will reveal the presence of a three-tail banner hanging at the feet of the deceased. Through its physical presence in the ceremony and its movement with the body from monastery to cremation ground, this funeral banner simultaneously serves as the embodiment of Buddhist principles, as a reminder that all living things will one day die, and as a vision of heavenly rebirth. By giving form to the immaterial, Buddhist funerary banners offer a visual and material experience as they embody the process of death and rebirth. In this essay, I examine the multivalent aspects of funerary banners, in particular their transformative and performative role in the funeral ceremony. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 41
Introduction: Transition 41
The Banners’ Form and Meaning 42
The Northern Thai Buddhist Funeral 45
Making the Three-tail Banner 48
The Role of the Three-tail Banner in the Funeral Ceremony 50
Further Connections between Banners and the Spirits of the Dead 52
Negotiating Liminality 56
Notes 58 |
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| ISSN | 05711371 (P) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3998/ars.13441566.0046.003 |
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| Hits | 68 |
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| Created date | 2023.10.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.26 |
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