Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan
Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan
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Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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Asian folklore studies, 2021-01, Vol.80 (1), p.121-145
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English
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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This article explores the shifting role of slaughter and meat consumption in Bhutan as a result of the recent religionization of Bhutanese politics and as a case of religious nationalism. It argues that there is a tension between customary meat consumption and traditional blood sacrifice and the Buddhist nonviolent ritual practice of tsethar that i...
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Animal Slaughter and Religious Nationalism in Bhutan
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2574811175
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1882-6865
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