Powerful sounds: Music, dance and ritual efficacy in Burmese nat kana pwe spirit possession ceremonies
(2020)
Thesis
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.