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Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Ethnic Groups Research Database |
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Subject |
Paganyaw S'gaw Kanyaw (Karen), Phlong(Karen),food, religion, social change, northern region |
Author |
Hayami Yoko |
Title |
Meat-Consumption, Feasting and Commensality among Karen in the Context of Socio-Religious Changes in the Upland-Lowland Continuum |
Document Type |
Article |
Original Language of Text |
English |
Ethnic Identity |
Phlong Pwo, Paganyaw,
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Language and Linguistic Affiliations |
Sino-Tibetan |
Location of
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Sirindhorn Anthropology Center Library |
Total Pages |
21 |
Year |
2003 |
Source |
Hayami Yoko and Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy (editors), Cultural Diversity and Conservation in the Making of Mainland Southeast Asia and Southwestern China : Regional Dynamics in the Past and Present, pp.294-314. Kyoto: Center of Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. |
Abstract |
The author points out that food, food sharing and sacrificial appeasement are central to the rituals of the Karen. The activities also reflect their social order. Refraining from meat consumption and appeasement performed by Buddhist Karens have changed their social order.
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