Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multireligious Indonesia
Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multireligious Indonesia
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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In the Hindu Balinese imagination, demons (buta kala) are ambiguous figures of the crossroads. Across Indonesia, the display of giant demon puppets (ogohogoh) has increasingly become part of the lunar Hindu New Year celebrations. Drawing on fieldwork among the Balinese minority on the island of Lombok, I argue that the display of demon puppets perm...
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Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multireligious Indonesia
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2844839700
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1882-6865
