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When Muslims masquerade lo gue performance in southwestern Burkina Faso by Lisa Homann

Title:
Lo gue performance in southwestern Burkina Faso
Author:
Homann, Lisa  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 269 leaves illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Academic Dissertation
Dissertations, Academic
Academic theses
Thèses et écrits académiques
Place:
Burkina Faso
UCLA
Date:
2011
Topic:
Bobo Dioula (African people)--Religious life and customs  Search this
Bobo Dioula (African people)--Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Dance--Religious aspects  Search this
Masks  Search this
Danse--Aspect religieux  Search this
Masques  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Art History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116221
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Wonders of the invisible world, 1600-1900 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

Author:
Benes, Peter  Search this
Benes, Jane Montague  Search this
Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife (17th : 1992 : Deerfield, Mass.)  Search this
Type:
Congresses
Place:
New England
Québec (Province)
Date:
1995
C1995
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Witchcraft  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
African Americans--Folklore  Search this
Superstition--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
BF1576 .W87 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_477921
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Temple management in the Āgama-S with special reference to Kāmikāgama Dr. Deepa Duraiswamy

Physical description:
285 pages illustrations (black and white) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
India
Inde
Date:
2021
Topic:
Hindu temples--Organization and administration  Search this
Śaivism--Rituals  Search this
Temples hindous--Organisation et administration  Search this
Cults  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1148011
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Archives of conjure stories of the dead in Afrolatinx cultures Solimar Otero

Author:
Otero, Solimar  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Place:
Caribbean Area
Caraïbes (Région)
Date:
2020
Topic:
Spiritualism  Search this
Afro-Caribbean cults  Search this
Black people--Religious life  Search this
Black people--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Spirits  Search this
Women and spiritualism  Search this
Material culture--Religious aspects  Search this
Water--Religious aspects  Search this
Spiritisme  Search this
Cultes afro-antillais  Search this
Noirs--Vie religieuse  Search this
Esprits  Search this
Femmes et spiritisme  Search this
Culture matérielle--Aspect religieux  Search this
Eau--Aspect religieux  Search this
LITERARY CRITICISM--Caribbean & Latin American  Search this
RELIGION--Ethnic & Tribal  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Vie religieuse  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156489
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Power, presence and space South Asian rituals in archaeological context edited by Henry Albery, Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Himanshu Prabha Ray

Editor:
Albery, Henry  Search this
Hartmann, Jens-Uwe  Search this
Ray, Himanshu Prabha  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 293 pages illustrations (black and white) 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
South Asia
Asie méridionale
Date:
2021
Topic:
Ritual--History  Search this
Rituel--Histoire  Search this
Ritual  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1148016
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Olosunta festival Adetayo Ajayi

Author:
Ajayi, Adetayo  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Ikerre
Ikerre (Nigeria)
Date:
1965
Topic:
Olosunta (Festival)  Search this
Ekiti festivals  Search this
Yoruba (African people)--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Yoruba sacred groves  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT515.A1 N68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_547560
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The Olosunta Festival. / Jola Ogunlusi

Author:
Ogunlusi, Jola  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Ikerre
Ikerre (Nigeria)
Date:
1969
Topic:
Olosunta (Yoruba diety)--Rituals  Search this
Yoruba festivals  Search this
Ekiti festivals  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_596087
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Haitian vodou an introduction to Haiti's indigenous spiritual traditions Mambo Chita Tann

Author:
Tann, Mambo Chita  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 239 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Haiti
Haïti
Date:
2012
Topic:
Vodou  Search this
Vaudou  Search this
Religion  Search this
Wodu  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155755
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A tale of two stūpas diverging paths in the revival of Buddhism in Hangzhou China Albert Welter

Author:
Welter, Albert 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 228 pages illustrations 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Hangzhou
Hangzhou (China)
Date:
2022
Topic:
Stūpas  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158512
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A cluster of sacred symbols : oriṣa worship among the Igbomina Yoruba of Ila-Orangun / J. Pemberton, III

Author:
Pemberton, John 1928-2016  Search this
Subject:
Obatala (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Orisha Oko (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Sopona (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Ogun (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Shango (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Obatala (Festival)  Search this
Physical description:
28 pages
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Ila Orangun
Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
Date:
1977
Topic:
Gods, Yoruba  Search this
Orishas  Search this
Religion  Search this
Igbomina rituals (Events).)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)--Religion  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Art, Yoruba
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_664776
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Aspiring to enlightenment Pure Land Buddhism in Silla Korea Richard D. McBride II

Author:
McBride, Richard D. II 1969-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 194 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Silla (Kingdom)
Silla (Royaume)
Asia
Date:
2020
Topic:
Pure Land Buddhism--Doctrines  Search this
Pure Land Buddhism--Customs and practices  Search this
Bouddhisme de la Terre Pure--Doctrines  Search this
Bouddhisme de la Terre Pure--Coutumes et pratiques  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147033
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An approach to Ife festivals. / J. K. Parratt

Author:
Parratt, J. K. 1938-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Oduduwa (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Obatala (Yoruba deity)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Ife
Ife (Nigeria)
Date:
1969
Topic:
Yoruba festivals  Search this
Gods, Yoruba  Search this
Olojo (Festival)  Search this
Mythology, Yoruba  Search this
Edi (Festival)  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT515 .A1N68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_596007
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Les îles de la mémoire : fabrique des images et écriture de l'histoire dans les églises du lac Tana, Éthiopie, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle / Claire Bosc-Tiessé

Author:
Bosc-Tiessé, Claire  Search this
Physical description:
496 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
2008
C2008
17th century
18th century
Topic:
Christianity  Search this
Christian art and symbolism  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_948564
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The penitente moradas of Abiquiú [by] Richard E. Ahlborn

Author:
Ahlborn, Richard E  Search this
Subject:
Hermanos Penitentes  Search this
Physical description:
123-167 p. illus. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Mexico
Abiquiu
Abiquiu (N.M.)
Date:
1968
Topic:
Moradas  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
NA5231.N53 A28
NA5231.N53 A28
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4449
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Jamaican religions : a study in variations / by Donald William Hogg

Author:
Hogg, Donald William 1927-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 466 leaves : maps, plans ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Jamaica
Date:
1989
1964
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Black people--Religious life  Search this
Religion  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
BL2530.J3 H616 1964a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_478810
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Early West Tibetan Buddhist monuments architecture, art, history and texts Christian Jahoda and Christiane Kalantari (eds)

Editor:
Jahoda, Christian  Search this
Kalantari, Christiane  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 441 pages illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color) 25 x 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Chine
Région autonome du Tibet
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine)
Date:
2021
Topic:
Monuments  Search this
Buddhist temples  Search this
Buddhist antiquities  Search this
Antiquités bouddhiques  Search this
Temples bouddhiques  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Vie religieuse  Search this
Call number:
BQ6345.T55 E27 2021
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154456
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Démons et merveilles d'Orient réunies par Rika Gyselen ; contributions de Pierfrancesco Callieri [and others]

Author:
Gyselen, Rika  Search this
Callieri, Pierfrancesco  Search this
Physical description:
186 pages illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Middle East
Islamic countries
Pays musulmans
Alter Orient
Date:
2001
To 622
Topic:
Demonology  Search this
Démonologie  Search this
11.09 systematic religious studies: other  Search this
Dämonenglaube  Search this
Unerklärliches Phänomen  Search this
Aufsatzsammlung  Search this
Demonen  Search this
Wonderen  Search this
Magic, Ancient  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Demons--Devil--Near East  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154741
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Art effects image, agency, and ritual in Amazonia Carlos Fausto ; translated by David Rodgers

Title:
Image, agency, and ritual in Amazonia
Author:
Fausto, Carlos  Search this
Translator:
Rodgers, David (Translator)  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Place:
Amazon River Region
Date:
2020
Topic:
Indians of South America--Antiquities  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of South America--Religious life and customs  Search this
Art and anthropology  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural  Search this
Indians of South America--Material culture  Search this
Indians of South America--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Indians of South America--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156561
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Presence of blackness and representations of Jewishness in the Afro-Esmeraldian celebrations of the Semana Santa (Ecuador) / Jean Muteba Rahier

Author:
Rahier, Jean 1959-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ecuador
Esmeraldas (Province)
Selva Negra (Ecuador)
Date:
1999
Topic:
Fasts and feasts  Search this
Black people--Cultural assimilation  Search this
Holy Week  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GN645 .R47 1999X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685340
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Two forms of Afro-Cuban divination / William R. Bascom

Author:
Bascom, William Russell 1912-1981  Search this
Physical description:
p. 169-179 ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Cuba
Date:
1952
Topic:
Divination  Search this
Black people--Religious life and customs  Search this
Ifa (Religion)  Search this
Santeria  Search this
Call number:
BF1773.2.C9 B37 1952
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_742181

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