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History, memory, and territorial cults in the highlands of Laos : the past inside the present /

This book captures the dynamics of history, memory and territorial cults in Houay Yong, a Tai Vat village situated in the multiethnic highland frontier between Laos and Vietnam. Taking seriously the experiences of the villagers, it partakes in a broader movement to reintegrate highlanders and their...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petit, Pierre, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Chiefly English, with some translated material also presented in the original Lao.
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge contemporary Asian societies
Subjects:
Black Tai (Southeast Asian people) > Laos > Houaphan (Province) > History.
Black Tai (Southeast Asian people) > Laos > Houaphan (Province) > Rites and ceremonies.
Ethnohistory > Laos > Houaphan (Province)
Collective memory > Laos > Houaphan (Province)
Cults > Laos > Houaphan (Province)
Group identity > Laos > Houaphan (Province)
Houaphan (Laos : Province) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The setting
  • Traditions on origins
  • From the French colony to the present
  • The ethnography of territorial cults
  • Territorial cults in a regional perspective.