The desertion of Cambodia’s spirits
via New Mandala, 09 November 2020: An interesting piece by Alexandra Kent on how changing economic situations are also changing ...
Tag: animism
The belief that supernatural spirits inhabit the material and natural world.
Ai Khai: The cult of prankster ghost boy from the Ayutthaya period
via Coconuts Bangkok, 30 October 2020: Not archaeological, but interesting from a sacred landscapes/animist cult perspective. Ai Khai is the ...
[Book] History, Memory, and Territorial Cults in the Highlands of Laos: The Past Inside the Present
via CRC Press: A new book by Pierre Petit on territorial cults in Highland Laos.
In superstitious Thailand, old empty houses become places to be feared – full of ghosts and demons
via South China Morning Post, 25 October 2019: Not archaeological, but interesting from an anthropological point of view. The belief ...
[New Paper] Potent Places in Central Vietnam: ‘Everything that Comes Out of the Earth is Cham’
New paper in the Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology by Anne-Valérie Schweyer: Set apart from the so-called ‘Hinduisation’ process, the Cham ...
Felled sacred tree given new life as sculptures
A sacred rosewood tree that was controversially cut down last year in Siem Reap gets a new life as sacred ...
The sacred feminine in Thailand
The National Museum in Bangkok is having a special exhibition featuring female deities from various religions in Thailand: Buddhism, Hinduism ...
National Gallery of Australia features 2,000 years of Southeast Asian Art
Readers in Canberra may be interested in the new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Life, Death and Magic: ...
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