Pura Besakih: Temple, Religion and Society in Bali - Brossura

Stuart-Fox, David J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9067181463 ISBN 13: 9789067181464

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Pura Besakih is the paramount Hindu temple on Bali. Located high on the slopes of the volcano Mt Agung, it has developed over more than a thousand years into a great complex of 22 separate temples, the largest and central being Pura Penataran Agung. The annual cycle of more than seventy rituals, which symbolically link the temples into a whole, culminates in the centenary ceremony called Ekadasa Rudra (last held in 1979). The temple complex, state-supported at least since the fifteenth century, has undergone a series of architectural and ritual changes. This study combines an analysis of textual and historical sources with the fieldwork methods of anthropology in creating a unified interpretation of this great temple.

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L'autore:

David J. Stuart-Fox was educated at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in Canberra. He is currently librarian at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9067181463
• ISBN 13: 9789067181464
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 470