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International Conference on South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR): Recent submissions

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An Analysis on Potentials of Developing Spiritual Tourism in Sri Lanka – with special reference to Buddhist Pilgrimage Activities

Gunasekara, I. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Spiritual Tourism is one of the emerging forms of tourism that practice by most of the countries in the world. Each religion has unique activities; the devotees and scholars who are fond of practicing those, visits the ...
The Materiality of Religious Healing in Kamay ng Manggagamot (Hand of the Healer) in Anyatam, San Ildefonso Bulacan Philippines

Pama, H.O.; Salvacion, A.L.A.; Ignacio, M.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The religious phenomenon under study forms a part of what is referred to as ‘popular religiosity’ in the Philippines, whereby religious experience is syncretised and where religious rituals and practices are an amalgam of ...
The Privatization of Ownership in the Sphere of Khap Lam Melodies

Akiko, H. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

This paper aims to discuss the -privatization of the ownership of Khap Lam folklore music, which the Lao people living in Thailand and Lao PDR have owned jointly. Looking at their brief history, the Lao have lived in the ...
Religion and Democracy in Pakistan A Muslim Perspective

Rehman, H.U. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The word ‘democracy’ has been derived from the Greek word demokratia (demos, the people, and kratein, to rule), i.e. a government in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives, ...
The Concept of Ethics in Islam (Sociological Perspective)

Yasin, G. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

It has been stated in various Encyclopaedias that Islamic ethics took shape gradually and achieved maturity after a long process of cultural assimilation and in this process various practical ideals were amalgamated to ...
An Ethnographic Study on the Spirituality of the Alangan Mangyans of Sablayan, Occidental, Mindoro, Philippines

Sanchez, E. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

This study focuses on the Spirituality of Leadership of the Alangan Mangyans of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. Ethnography is used in this research utilizing immersion, participant-observant, and in-depth ...
Inter-Ethnic Social Harmony in North Sumatra: The Study on Cross Cutting Affiliates for Creating Social Harmony in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Damanik, E.L. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

North Sumatra is one of the most heterogeneous society provinces in Indonesia. There are16tribesthatsettled in this area. Eight of them are native ethnic (ethnic host) and the others are ethnic migrants. Historically, this ...
Economic Globalization and Cultural Heritage in Sri Lanka Today

Dicken, E. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

This paper explores the essentiality of economic policy to the cultural expression of heritage. Especially in multicultural countries, widely agreed-upon economic objectives and opportunities to participate in them is ...
Economic Stability and Cultural Heritage

Dicken, E. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

This paper explores the essentiality of economic policy to the cultural expression of heritage. Especially in multicultural countries, widely agreed-upon economic objectives and opportunities to participate in them is ...
Clown, Servant and God. Popular Expressions of the Divine in Javanese Shadow Theatre

Franke, E. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Semar is one of the most important figures of the Javanese shadow theatre, Wayang. He is the most venerable of the Punakawan, the clowns and servants who function as intermediaries between the world of gods and men. How ...
Analysis of Design and Structural Qualities of Earthenware Storage Products: Use of Kalaya in Sri Lankan Context

Ranasinghe, D. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

According to the Coomaraswamy (1949) there are four category of domestic clay ware items can be identified in the traditional houses in Sri Lanka as Cooking, processing, storage and transport objects. Sri Lanka had a grate ...
Bodhisattva’s with many Heads in Ancient Southeast Asia

Angal, D.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Lord Gautam Buddha himself travelled in Southeast Asia and conducted number of sermons to spread his thoughts. Subsequently, his Shravakas, Pramahas & Bodhisattva played important role in developing Buddhism in China, Japan ...
Obesity of the Laity and Monks in Present-day Thailand

Umavijani, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The last 40-50 years in Thailand has been a time of drastic changes in lifestyle. Modernization — with city life and its supermarkets — has made a lot of difference on the people’s eating habits. In the old days, a mother ...
Archaeological Landscape of the Lower Montane region of Sri Lanka: socio-religious aspect of archaeological sites

Rambukwella, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The objective of the study is to survey the emergence and the development of the early human settlements in the middle Mahaweli river basin. This area represents the lower montane region of the island. The lower montane ...
New Discovery at Koh Ker, the Lost City of Khmer Empire in 10th Century

Chanratana, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Ancient Cambodia, in Angkor time was rich and glorious. An abundance of temples and architectural infrastructures were built by Khmer kings from one generation to another, gradually, expanding the kingdom. New settlements ...
Life Forms, Sacred Spaces and Sustenance in South India: Patram, Pushpam and Phalam

Ramani, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The veneration of life forms in South India has been an explored as a paradigm for its multidimensional interpretations and cultural meanings in a land where holiness is a common attribute to creation. The various plants, ...
Buddhist Monks’ Contribution in Cultural Relations between Ancient China and Sri Lanka

Bogahawatta, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

According to the literary sources, relationship between China and Sri Lanka has been commenced since 2nd Century BCE. Literary sources of both countries clearly depict, that the economic, political, and even religious ...
Continuity and Changes: The Evolution of Rakhine and Burmese Indigenous Medicine

Coderey, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Based on my ethnographic fieldworks conducted in Rakhine State (Myanmar), my presentation focuses on the Rakhine indigenous medicine (taing-yin hsaypyinnya). The aim is to outline its origins, its principles, the evolution ...
Unstable Tradition: Heritage and the Religious in the Garhwal Himalaya of North India

Pennington, B. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

Drawing on the work of two activist organizations currently operating in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, this paper analyzes the malleability of the concept of heritage and its furtive embrace of the religious in ...
Raja Festival in Odisha: A Festival of Worshipping the Mother Earth and Having Leisure & Recreation

Swain, B.K.; Samal, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The festivals celebrated across the societies have had the imprints of the myths. Raja festival in Odisha is one such festival. Stretched over three days of celebrations, this festival of eastern India falls around mid - ...

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