Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil

by David Scott

Book Overview

Formations of Ritual was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Yaktovil is an elaborate healing ceremony employed by Sinhalas in Sri Lanka to dispel the effects of the eyesight of a pantheon of malevolent supernatural figures known as yakku. Anthropology, traditionally,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816622566
• ISBN13: 9780816622566
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"