Of Soukhuan and Laos

Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and cel...

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Main Author: Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Kota Samarahan : Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2006
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/
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description Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and celebrations, according to a Lao scholar, Phoumirath (2002) in his paper titled Laoness Performed : Rituals, Memory and Identity In Laos Wedding.
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spelling unimas-20852020-08-10T03:42:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/ Of Soukhuan and Laos Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern HT Communities. Classes. Races Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and celebrations, according to a Lao scholar, Phoumirath (2002) in his paper titled Laoness Performed : Rituals, Memory and Identity In Laos Wedding. Kota Samarahan : Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2006 Working Paper NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/1/2011-10-pubChaiEG.pdf Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern (2006) Of Soukhuan and Laos. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle HT Communities. Classes. Races
Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern
Of Soukhuan and Laos
title Of Soukhuan and Laos
title_full Of Soukhuan and Laos
title_fullStr Of Soukhuan and Laos
title_full_unstemmed Of Soukhuan and Laos
title_short Of Soukhuan and Laos
title_sort of soukhuan and laos
topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/1/2011-10-pubChaiEG.pdf