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Sherpas through their ritualsBook 1978 • Ortner, Sherry B.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This monograph presents a detailed study of three major Sherpa religious rituals -- the NYUNGNE, or atonement of individuals through fasting and silence; the extended set of exorcism rites following a funeral, designed to cleanse pollution from the p...Sherpa purityarticle 1973 • Ortner, Sherry B.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This article examines the relationship between explicit cultural forms or symbols and underlying cultural orientations in the society. The author assumes that the two are closely interrelated and that the symbolic forms themselves '…are the mechanism...High religionBook 1989 • Ortner, Sherry B.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This work is a detailed description of the establishment of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early 20th century. Using a combination of ethnographic and oral-history methods, the author attempts to answer the ...