The Tomb and the Abandonment of the Tomb . An analysis of the traditional tombs of the Jarai ethnic group (Central Highlands of Vietnam)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20203067 |
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| Authors | Vincenzo Della Ratta (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 778-800 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mortality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-6275 • E-ISSN: 1469-9885 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13576275.2023.2230913 |
| OpenAlex | W4383534754 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article presents an analysis of the traditional tombs of the Jarai ethnic group, an Austronesian language-speaking people inhabiting the Central Highlands of Vietnam (Tây Nguyên). These elaborate tombs are extensively decorated with statues, friezes and poles, which have specific meanings and functions in connection with the celebration of the tomb abandonment ritual. Following this final ceremony it is believed that the souls of the dead reach their final abode. The tomb will therefore no longer be visited by the living and it is left to decay naturally. Using data collected by other scholars and my own fieldwork, I provide a description of the traditional tombs built by all the Jarai ethnic subgroups (supplemented with a selection of photographs), as well as a short account of the tomb abandonment ritual, as performed by the Jarai Arap subgroup. In the conclusions, I analyse the meaning of this ceremony and the particular features of the tomb
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Central Highlands · Ceremony · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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