Religious Observances among the Buddhists in Mustang District, Nepal
Religious Observances among the Buddhists in Mustang District, Nepal
Author(s): Tomo VinšćakSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: Nepal; Tibet; Buddhist religion; folk beliefs; traditional culture; pre-Buddhist elements; ethnology;
Summary/Abstract: The research team from the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy's Ethnological Department was in August and September 1993 in Nepal. It was the first field research of that kind in more than three hundred-year-old history of the University of Zagreb conducted on the subcontinent of India. The team has spent a month in Nepalese Mustang District in the Himalayas, which is at the altitude of more than 3,000 meters. The main aim of the research was to explore ethnologically and to document audio-visually the traditional, originally Tibetan, way of life and Buddhist religion of people living in that part of the Himalayas. This paper is a result of both the author's own field research and the available bibliography.
Journal: Studia ethnologica Croatica
- Issue Year: 1994
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 49-63
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English