La chevelure féminine et la religion (au Tibet) : entre renoncement et pouvoir
This article examines the female side of religious hair in Tibet, which can be separated into two categories: that of Buddhist nuns with shaved heads, and that of the khandroma [mka’ ’gro ma] or “saints” who don hair that is often quite long and abundant. Whereas nuns give up their hair during a mor...
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| Language: | fra |
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Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Ateliers d'Anthropologie |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/10531 |
| Summary: | This article examines the female side of religious hair in Tibet, which can be separated into two categories: that of Buddhist nuns with shaved heads, and that of the khandroma [mka’ ’gro ma] or “saints” who don hair that is often quite long and abundant. Whereas nuns give up their hair during a more or less formal ceremony as a sign of detachment from the world, the khandorma’s hair holds some of their magic power, and can therefore function as a kind of substitute for the woman in magic rites, or as a relic bringing benedictions and protections to the person who possesses it. |
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| ISSN: | 2117-3869 |