La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan
This paper deals with the symbolic organization of space in the traditional Bhutanese society on the background of the Buddhist religion. The author argues that there are different semantic networks whose ‘knots’ are monasteries, temples, stupa (mound-like structures containing Buddhist relics) and...
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| description | This paper deals with the symbolic organization of space in the traditional Bhutanese society on the background of the Buddhist religion. The author argues that there are different semantic networks whose ‘knots’ are monasteries, temples, stupa (mound-like structures containing Buddhist relics) and holy places. Every network consists of a specific kind of buildings or places, has both a peculiar symbolic meaning and a relationship with a facet of the religious system: theocracy, cosmology, ancestors cult.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ae6ffe5225749ebb98d054ed377408e2025-02-04T03:45:12ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762015-08-0131La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel BhutanPietro Scarduelli0Università del PIemonte Orientale, Vercelli.This paper deals with the symbolic organization of space in the traditional Bhutanese society on the background of the Buddhist religion. The author argues that there are different semantic networks whose ‘knots’ are monasteries, temples, stupa (mound-like structures containing Buddhist relics) and holy places. Every network consists of a specific kind of buildings or places, has both a peculiar symbolic meaning and a relationship with a facet of the religious system: theocracy, cosmology, ancestors cult. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/178Himalayan anthropologyBhutan ethnologysymbolic organization of spaceBuddhism. |
| spellingShingle | Pietro Scarduelli La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan EtnoAntropologia Himalayan anthropology Bhutan ethnology symbolic organization of space Buddhism. |
| title | La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan |
| title_full | La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan |
| title_fullStr | La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan |
| title_full_unstemmed | La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan |
| title_short | La demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel Bhutan |
| title_sort | la demarcazione religiosa del territorio nel bhutan |
| topic | Himalayan anthropology Bhutan ethnology symbolic organization of space Buddhism. |
| url | https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/178 |
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