Entrée |
The Possessed and the Dispossessed
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Partie du discours | nom propre (titre de livre)
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Sous-titre | Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town, |
Auteur | Sharp Lesley A. |
Editions | 1993. University of California Press. 346 pages, illustrations..
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Extraits |
page 122
| Tromba ceremonies are lively dramas where the spirits of dead royalty come to life and interact with the living... This they do by possessing mediums, the majority of whom are female. Tromba spirits may be aggressive and, at times, physically threatening, playful, or flirtatious. |
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Tableaux et planches | Tous les titres
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