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On July 21, 1578, the Mexican town of Tecamachalco awoke to news of a scandal. A doll-like effigy hung from the door of the town's church. Its two-faced head ha
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Four girls with the power to control the elements and save the world from a terrible evil must come together in the first epic novel in a brand-new series. When
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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“A detailed, insightful, and at times moving ethnography of rituals around death and dying among ethnically Tibetan Hyolmo Buddhists in Nepal.” —Choice If
The Funeral Effigies of Westminster Abbey
Language: en
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Westminster Abbey contains a unique and important group of effigies, some familiar, many little-known, including kings, queens, statesmen and national heroes, r
Tibetan Rituals of Death
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This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals, and situates that performance within the wider context of Budd