Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- Shaping the space : movement, stories, and structure -- A roadology : intentional acts of movement and transformation -- Neak Ta : articulating the boundaries -- The cham : history, memory, and practice -- Merit in motion : temple building and other powerful acts -- Conclusion.

The following proceedings are published after a fruitful event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 6 March 2018 during which the ANIMA project was officially launched and presented to the outer world. This successful event was hosted by Finnish Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Mrs Merja Kyllönen (GUE/NGL).

In a rapidly modernising Cambodia, dance parties that accompany large temple celebrations and weddings have become violent arenas where young men fight with fists and knives beyond police control. In 2010, this led to a ban on dance parties during the Pchuṃ Biṇḍ celebration. This paper concerns an ad hoc bribe to lift the ban that was collected in the manner of a meritorious temple offering. I suggest that the flexible parameters of Buddhist merit-making in this ritualised context both reconfigured the bribe and palpably brought expectations of moral conduct into the energetically charged dancing arena - but only momentarily. (J Southeast Asian Stud/GIGA)

In a rapidly modernising Cambodia, dance parties that accompany large temple celebrations and weddings have become violent arenas where young men fight with fists and knives beyond police control. In 2010, this led to a ban on dance parties during the Pchuṃ Biṇḍ celebration. This paper concerns an ad hoc bribe to lift the ban that was collected in the manner of a meritorious temple offering. I suggest that the flexible parameters of Buddhist merit-making in this ritualised context both reconfigured the bribe and palpably brought expectations of moral conduct into the energetically charged dancing arena — but only momentarily.

When Work Doesn'l Work Anymore by Elizabeth Perle McKennaDelacorte Press, 1997

The belief that many families work two or three jobs but still do not have enough income to qualify for the full CTC is not supported by the data. In fact, many families below the full-CTC income threshold could work more.
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