"Play" in Gopas ritual in Kalinga province, Phiippines

In the municipality of Pasil, Kalinga, Philippines, the practice of performing gopas rite persists to this day. A shaman, called manggogopas, conducts the ritual to give a person a guardian spirit. It consists of complicated processes with elements and activities that have symbolic meanings. Howe...

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Published in:Asian Studies Vol. 47, no. Special Issue (2011), 87-108
Main Author: Onoe, Tomoko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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