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The Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods

Author : Hock-Tong Cheu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781543757934
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods written by Hock-Tong Cheu and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nine Emperor Gods, or Jiuhuangye as they are often called, are star deities who control the nine planets of our solar system, and currently constitute the most popular spirit-medium cult within the Taoist pantheon in the Southeast Asian regions of Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. The Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods is celebrated during the first nine days of the ninth lunar month. During this time, thousands of devotees and spectators from far and near gather at the temple to observe and participate in an elaborate body of rituals, which include the welcoming and sending-off ceremonies, talllamp raising and lowering ceremonies, dragon dance, spirit-mediumship, trance dance and trance rituals, luck-opening rite, luck-preserving rite, thanks-offering rite, as well as the bridge-crossing and fire-walk ceremonies. This is the first time such an in-depth study of the Nine Emperor Gods system of beliefs and practices has been attempted, and Dr Cheu's fascinating account of these rituals and symbolic relevance is a major contribution to an overall understanding of Chinese religious behavior.

The Nine Emperor Gods

Author : Hock Tong Cheu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Nine Emperor Gods written by Hock Tong Cheu and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sacred Site of the Nine Emperor Gods

Author : Zhuoran Li
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811430794
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Site of the Nine Emperor Gods written by Zhuoran Li and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kwan Im, Nine Emperor Gods, and Chinese Spirit in Southern Thailand

Author : Annette Hamilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Kwan Im, Nine Emperor Gods, and Chinese Spirit in Southern Thailand written by Annette Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Analysis of the Nine Emperor Gods Spirit-medium Cult in Malaysia

Author : Hock Tong Cheu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book An Analysis of the Nine Emperor Gods Spirit-medium Cult in Malaysia written by Hock Tong Cheu and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Culture

Author : Khoo Boo Eng
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1543768857
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Culture written by Khoo Boo Eng and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Culture will provide the reader, in a simple easy to understand language an insight of the country folklores, festivals and deities in the culture of the Chinese. The folklores, festivals and deities will help readers in providing an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the building blocks of the rich culture, way of life and traditions of the people over thousands of years. This book is written in a story-like style to make reading it enjoyable. Let then the journey begins, slowly unfolding the vast ocean of Chinese Culture, its folklores, festivals and deities

Penang

Author : Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789971694166
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Penang written by Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Deities and Divas

Author : Peter A. Jackson
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 8776943089
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book Deities and Divas written by Peter A. Jackson and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2022-01-22 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In central Thailand, a flamboyantly turbaned gay medium for the Hindu god of the underworld posts Facebook selfies of himself hugging and kissing a young man. In Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, a one-time member of a gay NGO dons an elaborate wedding dress to be ritually married to a possessing female spirit; he believes she will offer more support for his gay lifestyle than the path of LGBTQ activism. The only son of a Chinese trading family in Bangkok finds acceptance for his homosexuality and crossdressing when he becomes the medium for a revered female Chinese deity. And in northern Thailand, female mediums smoke, drink, flaunt butch masculine poses and flirt with female followers when they are ritually possessed by male warrior deities. Across the Buddhist societies of mainland Southeast Asia, local queer cultures are at the center of a recent proliferation of professional spirit mediumship. Drawing on detailed ethnographies and extensive comparative research, Deities and Divas captures this variety and ferment. The first book to trace commonalities between queer and religious cultures in Southeast Asia and the West, it reveals how modern gay, trans and spirit medium communities all emerge from a shared formative matrix of capitalism and new media. With insights and analysis that transcend the modern opposition of religion vs secularity, it provides fascinating new perspectives in transnational cultural, religious and queer studies.

Chinese Religion in Malaysia

Author : Chee-Beng Tan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004357874
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Religion in Malaysia written by Chee-Beng Tan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative book describes Chinese Religion in Malaysia and contributes to an understanding of Chinese migration and settlement, religion and identity politics as well the significance of religion to both individuals and communities.

Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia

Author : Hock-Tong Cheu
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1543765513
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia written by Hock-Tong Cheu and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of fifteen chapters which can be divided into five major themes: (i) Chinese religion, (ii) Chinese attitudes toward religion, (iii) Chinese spirit cults in Malaysia, (iv) the development of local spirit cults, and (v) major festivals celebrated in Malaysia. The first section deals with three Chinese religious traditions in Malaysia, in particular, and other countries like Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand in Southeast Asia, in general. The second section attempts to discuss on Chinese attitudes towards religion, Chinese religious conception and its implication in their social life, and how Confucian ethics have contributed to the economic success of the Chinese in Malaysia. The Third section seeks to examine the various aspects of the Nine Emperor Gods, the Datuk Kong (Malay keramat), and the spread of Malay and Chinese spirit cults to Sabah, East Malaysia. The fourth section deliberates on three major processes of change in the development of spirit cults in Malaysia: the localization of Chinese locality cults, including Tudigong and Dabogong, the Sinicization of the Malay keramat, and the indigenization or desinicization of an aboriginal Datuk Seman in Broga, Selangor. And the last section winds up with the practical aspects of celebrating festivals in Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on festivals in general in the Chinese calendar, the festival of the Nine Emperor Gods in Southeast Asia, and the socio-psychological aspects of the Nine Emperor Gods Vegetarian Festival in Thailand.

Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

Author : Charles de Ledesma
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843530947
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei written by Charles de Ledesma and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet's Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get to the heart of this region's cultural melting pot, all with your trusted travel companion.

Digital Spirits in Religion and Media

Author : Alvin Eng Hui Lim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351188852
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Digital Spirits in Religion and Media written by Alvin Eng Hui Lim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many contemporary and popular forms of religious practice, digital technology and the spiritual are inseparable. Ranging from streaming broadcasts of spiritual possessions to screenings of mass prayer conferences in stadiums, spirits and divinities now have new forms in which they can materialise. By offering the notion of ‘digital spirits’, this book critically attends to the intersections of digital media and spiritual beings. It also puts forward a new performative perspective on how they interact. Taking cues from the work of Stewart Hoover and Heidi Campbell, among others, the book begins with an outline of the current debates around religion, performance and digital media. It then moves on to examine how mediality and religion, where embodied practices are carried out alongside virtual practices, work together in contemporary Asia. These case studies focus on lived religious practices in combination with various forms of media, and so help demonstrate that digital technology in particular reveals the layered processes of spirituality in practice. Gods and divinities have always relied on media to manifest, and this book is a fascinating exploration of how digital media has continued that tradition and taken it in new directions. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religious studies, digital media and performance studies.

New Pathways in Pilgrimage Studies

Author : Dionigi Albera
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317267656
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book New Pathways in Pilgrimage Studies written by Dionigi Albera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there has been a massive increase in the volume of pilgrimage research and publications, traditional Anglophone scholarship has been dominated by research in Western Europe and North America. In their previous edited volume, International Perspectives on Pilgrimage Studies (Routledge, 2015), Albera and Eade sought to expand the theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives of Anglophone pilgrimage studies. This new collection of essays builds on this earlier work by moving away from Eurasia and focusing on areas of the world where non-Christian pilgrimages abound. Individual chapters examine the practice of ziyarat in the Maghreb and South Asia, Hindu pilgrimage in India and different pilgrimage traditions across Malaysia and China before turning towards the Pacific islands, Australia, South Africa and Latin America, where Christian pilgrimages co-exist and sometimes interweave with indigenous traditions. This book also demonstrates the impact of political and economic processes on religious pilgrimages and discusses the important development of secular pilgrimage and tourism where relevant. Highly interdisciplinary, international, and innovative in its approach, New Pathways in Pilgrimage Studies: Global Perspectives will be of interest to those working in religious studies, pilgrimage studies, anthropology, cultural geography and folklore studies.

A General History Of The Chinese In Singapore

Author : Chong Guan Kwa
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813277653
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book A General History Of The Chinese In Singapore written by Chong Guan Kwa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in the region through the millennium-old Hokkien trading world to the waves of mass migration that came after the establishment of a British settlement, and through to the development and birth of the nation. Across 38 chapters and parts, readers are taken through the complex historical mosaic of Overseas Chinese social, economic and political activity in Singapore and the region, such as the development of maritime junk trade, plantation industries, and coolie labour, the role of different bangs, clan associations and secret societies as well as Chinese leaders, the diverging political allegiances including Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and the National Salvation Movement leading up to the Second World War, the transplanting of traditional Chinese religions, the changing identity of the Overseas Chinese, and the developments in language and education policies, publishing, arts, and more.With 'Pride in our Past, Legacy for our Future' as its key objective, this volume aims to preserve the Singapore Chinese story, history and heritage for future generations, as well as keep our cultures and traditions alive. Therefore, the book aims to serve as a comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners to have an epitome of the Singapore society. This publication is supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Project Grant.Related Link(s)

Angel Communication Code

Author : Stephen J. Silva
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663259259
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Angel Communication Code written by Stephen J. Silva and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is presented in this is not a topic-by-topic review of what is already known but rather; it pulls together what is already known and combines this information with fresh new insights with a singular focus. The book establishes the common thread leading to a new way to establish 2-way Extraterrestrial Communication. This presentation is unique and has never before been conceived or put to the test. For the past decade, the author has been conducting research and studying the science of extraterrestrial existence and extraterrestrial communication means and methods. The result of all of the research in combination with the dream-like vision of an extraterrestrial communication code has culminated into the publication of two books on the subject. This book is the second. The vision came to the author is very much the same sort of vision several Nobel Prize winning scientist experienced leading to their discoveries (cited herein). This book takes the reader on a journey that leads directly to a scientifically based hypothesis about establishing ET communication. It further presents the foundation of an experiment designed to put that hypothesis to the test consistent with the universally accepted standard scientific method. The next step is to execute the experiment proposed and get ready to communicate with our brothers out there in the universe beyond earth.

A Simple Approach To Taoism

Author : Khoo Boo Eng
Publisher : Partridge Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1482895307
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book A Simple Approach To Taoism written by Khoo Boo Eng and published by Partridge Singapore. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people would look at Taoism as a religion per se. If one is not familiar with Taoism, one would be surprised that the concepts of feng-shui, astrology, geography, traditional medicine, Yin-Yang and many others influencing modern western cultures are, in fact, Taoism concepts! Others had ideas of Taoism steeped in rituals, branded as superstitious and even looked at it with apprehension. It is quite understandable as the concepts and culture of Taoism hardly cross the path of the Western world. Taoism remains deeply rooted in the Far East and its propagation to the world is rather slow and lethargic. A Simple Approach to Taoism - of Gods and Deities and together with A Simple Approach to Taoism - Festivals, Worship and Rituals will provide in a simple to understand language, yet vivid and alluring, the basic history, concept and the rich, colourful culture of Taoism. The book is organized around four important themes: Historical Development, Religious Taoism, Philosophical Taoism and Taoist Gods and Deities. It also touches on certain aspects of the sacred texts such as the Tao Te Ching. The section on Gods and Deities will help the reader to understand the building blocks of Taoism and provides an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the more important gods and deities of the Chinese pantheon. Let then the journey begins, slowly unfolding the vast ocean of Taoism, its beliefs, culture and traditions. ** For book two please refer to the blurb gib

"Getting By"

Author : Donald M. Nonini
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801456215
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book "Getting By" written by Donald M. Nonini and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do class, ethnicity, gender, and politics interact? In what ways do they constitute everyday life among ethnic minorities? In "Getting By," Donald M. Nonini draws on three decades of research in the region of Penang state in northern West Malaysia, mainly in the city of Bukit Mertajam, to provide an ethnographic and historical account of the cultural politics of class conflict and state formation among Malaysians of Chinese descent. Countering triumphalist accounts of the capitalist Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, Nonini shows that the Chinese of Penang (as elsewhere) are riven by deep class divisions and that class issues and identities are omnipresent in everyday life. Nor are the common features of "Chinese culture" in Malaysia manifestations of some unchanging cultural essence. Rather, his long immersion in the city shows, they are the results of an interaction between Chinese-Malaysian practices in daily life and the processes of state formation—in particular, the ways in which Kuala Lumpur has defined different categories of citizens. Nonini's ethnography is based on semistructured interviews; participant observation of events, informal gatherings, and meetings; a commercial census; intensive reading of Chinese-language and English-language newspapers; the study of local Chinese-language sources; contemporary government archives; and numerous exchanges with residents.