The canoe racing ritual of Luang Prabang

Social Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Platenkamp, Jos D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canoe races; Laos; Myths; Rituals; Socio cosmological whole; Socio political order

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249535265     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2008.520301     Document Type: Article

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