Placating the Demons: Ritual Practices Among Sri Lankans by Gananath Obeyesekere

Placating the Demons: Ritual Practices Among Sri Lankans

Gananath Obeyesekere

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This book critically examines dominant ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka. It presents key ideas and symbolic systems that exist to this day, in similar shapes or in different guises. It looks at issues such as misfortunes caused by demons (yaksa d...

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