Ceremonies Privees Des Cambodgiens 1958 [ Cambodian Ceremonies ]
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French language guide to the native beliefs and religious rituals and ceremonies of Cambodia prior to Franco-American military action in Vietnam and the surrounding region published 5 years into Cambodian independence.
Membres de la Commission des Moeurs et Coutumes du Cambodge. Ceremonies Privees Des Cambodgiens. Editions De L’Institut Bouddhique : Phnom-Penh. 1958. First edition.
This thoroughly detailed French language guide to the native religious beliefs, rituals and ceremonies of Cambodia was published 5 years into Cambodian independence by the Institut Bouddhique as one of a series of monographs. A collaboration primarily overseen by French Ethnologist Dr. Eveline Poree-Maspero the text includes treatments on astrology, numerology, and auspicious timings, the symbolism of various animals, as well as funerary and marriage rites and beliefs surrounding childbirth, demonstrating a complex cultural melange that blends more formal Buddhism with earlier animistic spiritual practices.
Five copies found in OCLC as of February 2022.
4to, 84pp + [5] table of contents, perfect bound with printed wraps. Some sunning and former owners name in pen to front wrap. Edges worn. Spot to bookblock fore edge. Pages toned but clean. Illustrated with 12 black and white drawings. Very good condition.
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