ancestor worship
Echoes of the Ancestors: Interpreting Mangar Ritual Symbolism in the Darjeeling Hills, India
ancestor worship, Cultural Continuity, ethnography, Indigenous beliefs, Mangar community, Ritual symbolismBy: SOVAN CHAKRABORTY – The Mangar community is often overlooked. This paper examines ritual symbolism among the Mangar community in the Darjeeling hills of India. The Mangars are a small Himalayan group with a long history of ritual practice. Their traditions now face pressure from migration and wider religious influences. These pressures shape how rituals…
Studies on the iboga cults. IV. The ethnobotanical complex
By: GIORGIO SAMORINI – In this contribution on the cults of the hallucinogenic plant iboga of equatorial Africa, a definition of ‘ethnobotanical complex’ associated with the ritual use of a visionary plant is first given. The main intoxicant sources that revolve around the cults of iboga, specifically the religious cult of Bwiti, are then presented.…