Working for the Welfare of All Living Beings
Résumé
The volume explores the fascinating culture of the Central Himalayas, focusing on its rich Bardic tradition and its highly institutionalized forms of spirit possession. It offers a unique set of contributions on the role of mediumism in the social and political organizations of various kingdoms in Nepal and India's western Himalayas. The history of the Mall Empire and of its capital, Dullu, is explored through different forms of History: oral history through the recitation of genealogies and epics in their context of performance, ethno-history through the first investigation on the studies of a large corpus of Malla inscriptions from Nepal and Uttrakhand. This volume comes with a DVD Rom, which gathers together astonishing passion seances, and a virtual visit of Dullu.