The spirit world of the Shertukpens, a small society in the Indian Himalayas
The Shertukpens – a population of about 3,500 – are one of the many populations living in the Western Kameng district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Divided into a dozen villages and hamlets, they occupy a vast territory stretching over 3,000 metres from the plains of Assam in the south to the pine and rhododendron-covered mountains in the north.
In this paper, I present the different categories of spirits with which they cohabit willy-nilly, the criteria according to which they are locally defined, as well as their course of action.
We look forward to seeing you at the usual online address at 5.30pm : Join conversation
The following session is scheduled for 20 May with guest speaker :
William Tallotte (Iremus), Musique, performance et communication rituelle dans les temples śivaïtes du pays tamoul : vers une approche situé
This workshop is co-organised – online only during the COVID crisis – by the Laboratoire d’Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative (LESC) and CEH.
Contacts :
Olivia Aubriot (CNRS-CEH), Nicolas Prévôt (LESC), Fabien Provost (King’s College London)
olivia.aubriot@cnrs.fr, nicolas.prevot@parisnanterre.fr, provost.fabien@gmail.com