Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil

by David Scott

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Formations of Ritual was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Yaktovil is an elaborate healing ceremony employed by Sinhalas in Sri Lanka to dispel the effects of the eyesight of a pantheon of malevolent supernatural figures known as yakku. Anthropology, traditionally,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816622566

ISBN13:9780816622566

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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