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Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies (2020)
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Chiarofonte, L. Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the highly urbanised centres of Yangon and Mandalay, people pay homage to the Thirty-seven Lords, an official pantheon of tutelary spirits of central Burma, through the organisation and performance of nat kana pwe, private spirit ceremonies in the... Read More about Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies.

Interrelations among genres in Khmer traditional music and theatre : Phleng Kar, Phleng Arak, Lkhaon Yiikee and Lkhaon Bassac (2019)
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Billeri, F. Interrelations among genres in Khmer traditional music and theatre : Phleng Kar, Phleng Arak, Lkhaon Yiikee and Lkhaon Bassac. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation focuses on the interrelation and adaptation of musical and extramusical song features among the Cambodian genres of phleng kar, phleng arak, lkhaon yiikee and lkhaon bassac. My research starts from my master’s study on phleng kar, t... Read More about Interrelations among genres in Khmer traditional music and theatre : Phleng Kar, Phleng Arak, Lkhaon Yiikee and Lkhaon Bassac.