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Burmese Buddhism in everyday life
American anthropologist • 65 (2) • Published In 1963 • Pages: 285-295
By: Nash, Manning.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Buddhist beliefs and practiced in rural villages outside of Mandalay. The author discusses the religious precepts, schooling and festivals. He also discusses how religion influences individual character and social structure.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Eschatology
- Theological systems
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Prophets and ascetics
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Burmans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard;2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mandalay District, Burma
- NotesAdditional notes
- Manning Nash
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Burma--Religious life and customs