Une séance chamanique chez les Raglai

This paper is based on the observation of a shamanistic seance performed in Paloi Tanὸ, a Northern Raglai community located in the district of Khánh Son, Khánh Hὸa Province, while the author was doing fieldwork in the area in 1998. In the first section a detailed analysis of this ceremony is provided and some of its features are sorted out. In the second section, the author reviews a number of data gathered from native informants concerning the nature, number and type of supernatural beings with a view to drawing a preliminary outline of the polytheistic structure of the Raglai religion. In the final concluding section, the author tries to identify areas of convergence between the more abstract religious ideology and the views on which this particular seance is based. While some of these elements (such as the trance, the chanting of a ritual discourse, the shamanistic journey to the upper world, the encounter with the spirits) are strong reminders of a similar ritual ideology elsewhere in Southeast Asia, other features point to a rather distinct Raglai ideology based on two main principles. One is the idea of rebirth and soul transmigration. The other is that of a hierarchy of spirits ordered according to principles reminiscent of a bureaucratic organization

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