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Bori: Healers of the Soul

Name: Bori: Healers of the Soul
Brand: Five Continents Editions
SKU: 9788874395651
Price: 11125 HUF
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Szerző: Caroline Alida, Adeline Masquelier

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Five Continents Editions

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The Bori is a kind of African shamanism, an animist cult centred on possession by the spirits of the...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Caroline Alida, Adeline Masquelier

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2011

oldal

128

EAN

9788874395651

Enbook ID

05052082

Kiadó

Five Continents Editions

Súly

956

Méretek

251 x 255 x 18

Teljes leírás

The Bori is a kind of African shamanism, an animist cult centred on possession by the spirits of the ancestors, which has spread throughoutWest Africa. Its followers, priests (also known as Bori) and assistants are clairvoyants or faith healers.They perform ecstatic ritual dances to conjure up the djinns-spirits-that they hope will protect society and its individual members from evil powers. Faith healers (Boka) employ traditional plants to heal the sick. Although living in societies which are for the most part Islamic, women play an important role in the Bori and sometimes occupy key positions. Caroline Alida's black-and-white portraits do not depict the often brightly coloured and seductive clothes/costumes of the Bori any more than they dwell on the objects used in ritual practices.The dim natural light, which barely leaks into the confined spaces, makes all the peripheral details disappear, drawing out only the essential elements and imbuing the photos with a contemplative atmosphere.