The Ritual Crafting of Social Spacetime in a Muong Community (North Vietnam)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3599747
AutoresBenoît Vermander (0000-0002-6493-0675, Fudan University, autor de correspondencia), Hang Thi Thu Phan (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
Año2025
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas229
Fecha de publicación2025-02-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel16020229
OpenAlexW4407545798
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas18

In Vietnam, as in other parts of Asia, rural communities establish ritual markers that delineate the social spacetime in which communal existence takes shape and meaning. These ritual markers evolve according to the socio-economic, political, and ecological challenges that said communities confront. The material for this study comes from a local community of North Vietnam that belongs to the Muong ethnic group. We focus on the various spatial levels-household, village, ethnic territory, and the nation as a whole-according to which this community fashions its sense of identity, asserts its ethos, and delimitates its frontiers. We also examine how these levels take varying importance at different moments in time. Moreover, we show how specific rituals condensate different strata of meaning into one unifying event. Finally, we attempt to unearth the various ways through which an Asian rural community constructs and asserts its agency by activating the ritual resources at its disposal while respecting the constraints that weigh upon their mobilization

Economic geography · Geography · Physics · Spacetime · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies