Ancestors / by Newell, William H.

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Ancestors Worship Based on Timorese Perspectives in Oelbubuk Village, Central Mollo Sub-District, Timor Tengah Selatan District by Yenry Pellondou, John A Titaley

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Ancestors Are Watching: Ritual and Governance at Peck San Theng, a Chinese Afterlife Care Organization in Singapore by Chi-cheung Choi

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Withered Wood and Dead Ashes—Making Sense of the Sacred Bodies of Kamatari at Tōnomine by Benedetta Lomi

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Kinship, Rituals and Territory in a Naxi Village of Southwest China by Emmanuelle Laurent

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Confucian Identification, Ancestral Beliefs, and Ancestral Rituals in Korea by Jibum Kim, Jae-Mahn Shim, Sori Kim

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Filial Duties in the Ugaritic Epic of Danilu and Aqhatu by Marcin Majewski

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Religion, Nonreligion and the Sacred: Art and the Contemporary Rituals of Birth by Anna M. Hennessey

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Animal motifs on rock art in Papua and West Papua by R. Cecep Eka Permana, Zubair Mas'ud

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Rec. av Triin Laidoner: Ancestor Worship and the Elite in Late Iron Age Scandinavia.... by Olof Sundqvist

Historical Origins of Circular Dance Ohuokhai: Structure, Semantics, Symbolism by V. E. Vasiliev, M. T. Satanar

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Israel's beneficent dead by Schmidt, B

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儒家祭祖与基督教的张力 ：以砂拉越诗巫的基督教华人为个案探讨 = Tensions between Confucianism ancestor worship and Christianity : a case study of Chinese Christians in Sibu, Sarawak by 林洁莹 Ling, Jocelyn Jie Ying

“…Moreover, these chapters will study how Chinese Christian involve in ancestor worship and invent replaceable rituals to fulfil the values of traditional ancestor worship and doctrines of Christianity.…”
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Ancestors on high: musings on an east Chinese case by Aijmer, G

“…The focus of this article is on the conventions of ancestor worship in the province of Jiangsu, directing light on certain ethnographic data that do not accord with the general, synthesized sociological picture established for southern China. …”

Posoqoypata, un cementerio Wari en el valle de Ayacucho, Perú by Lidio M. Valdez, J. Ernesto Valdez, Katrina J. Bettcher

“…Considering that the first form was evidently accessible, we also discuss the possible implications of this chamber with regards to ancestor worship, keeping in mind that an important aspect of ayllu organization during Inka times was the veneration of the ancestors’ mummified bodies that were kept in accessible mortuary buildings.…”
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Chinese apocrypha titled Foshuo fumu enzhong jing and its material culture in the medieval Chinese society by Chen, Y

“…This thesis explores changes in the content and material culture of a group of scriptures known as the Foshuo fumu enzhong jing 佛說父母恩重經 (the Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Profoundness of Parents’ Kindness) during the Tang (618–907) and Northern Song (960–1127) dynasties, examining their relationship to the broader development of Buddhist beliefs and Confucian and other pre-existing non-Buddhist ideas, such as filial piety and ancestor worship. In contrast to previous philological studies that sought to identify the various versions of this scripture and determine the textual origins of its composition, this thesis pays special attention to the objects on which the scriptures are written and inscribed, such as stelae and manuscripts. …”

Syncretism in Miao Healing: Bridging Shamanic Practices and Scientific Treatments with Religion, Ritual, and Local Knowledge by Zhengfu Chen

“…The Miao (Hmong) community in Southwest China, deeply entrenched in a religious belief system acknowledging the omnipresent spiritual essence and venerating ancestor worship, perceives life as a harmonious blend of the “soul” and the “body”, intricately interwoven and mutually reinforcing. …”
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Music of Panwang Festival ceremony in northern Guangdong Province China by Liu YiFei, Daoruang Krisada

“…Data were collected through interviews and literature researchThe history and current situation of the Yao ethnic group and their ancestor worship ceremony, the Panwang Festival, in Ruyuan County, northern Guangdong, China, are discussed, and the characteristics of the ceremonial music of the Panwang Festival are analysed.the research found were: 1) Geographical Characteristics and Ethnic History of the Yao Ethnic Area in Ruyuan County, Northern Guangdong Province. 2) History and content of the "Panwang Festival" rituals in the region. 3)Characteristics of musical instruments, songs and singing in the "Panwang Festival" ceremonies of the region. …”
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Changes in Sacrifice by Burning and the Transfer of the Space Inhabited by Ghosts in China: Philological and Linguistic Perspectives by Cong Li, Yiyun Zhang

“…The act of burning joss paper not only embodied the Chinese concept of ancestor worship to “treat the dead as if they were alive” but also gave “fire (火)” rich religious connotations while greatly simplifying the process and cost of sacrificial rituals, thus gradually becoming popular.…”
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The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies by Purzycki, BG, Henrich, J, Apicella, C, Atkinson, QD, Baimel, A, Cohen, E, McNamara, RA, Willard, AK, Xygalatas, D, Norenzayan, A

“…Our sample includes 591 participants from eight diverse societies—Native Fijians who practice both Christianity and ancestor worship, the animist Hadza of Tanzania, Hindu Indo-Fijians, Hindu Mauritians, shamanist-Buddhist Tyvans of southern Siberia, traditional Inland and Christian Coastal Vanuatuans from Tanna, and Christian Brazilians from Pesqueiro. …”