Pozvánka na přednášku Johanny Prien o orákulích ze západního Bhútánu












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            * Přednáška Johanny Prien o věštcích ze západního Bhútánu
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            Johanna Prien pobývala v západním Bhútánu v rámci dlouhodobého projektu tibetanistiky berl

            univerzity. Zkoumala roli laických náboženských specialistů zvaných pawo a nedžorma, kteří
            od věštců až po léčitele. Oblast západního Bhútánu je tibetologům dosud velmi málo známá. 
            přednášku pořádanou 27. 10. 2015 v 17:30, v místnosti 427.



            Johanna Prien

            Humboldt-Universität, Berlin


            Healing Oracles in Western Bhutan: How pawo and neyjorma cure patients and each other
            Tuesday, October 27, Celetna 20, room No. 427
            Johanna Prien will present preliminary research findings from her fieldwork in Bhutan. She

            months in a village in Bhutan to find out about the life and work of a special kind of rit
            which are called pawo and neyjorma.
            Ritual specialists can be found in most societies of the Tibetan Cultural Area. Those expe

            for all kinds of problems: Illness, loss, theft or when general advice is needed.
            Pawo and neyjorma mainly act as oracles providing services like annual protective rituals 
            and villages as well as diagnosing illnesses and curing them by finding out which kind of 

            to be done. At the same time, pawo and neyjorma can become ill themselves by breaking cert
            which causes a “state of pollution”. To be cleansed and cured a special ritual is needed w
            performed by a pawo or neyjorma of a higher status.

            The lecture will give an overview of the everyday and ritual life of the pawo and neyjorma
            the ritual specialist’s protective and healing rituals.