Gods and masks of the Kathmandu Valley, with a foreword by Jyotindra Jain
Vergati, Anne (b.1944)
₹ 1000.00
The present study focuses on the masks worn in the Kathmandu Valley by the main ethnic group, the Newars. A specific aspect of the Newars is that, despite the political dominance of Hinduism, Buddhism is still alive. The masks represent gods, goddesses and demons, but never the dead or the ancestors.
ISBN 13: 9788124601211
ISBN 10: 8124601216
Year: 2000
Pages etc.: xii,156p., (84)col.and b&w pls., bibl., 25cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Subject(s): Religion
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