Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: a forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice
Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: a forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice
The early literature on Malay animism and magic includes a passing reference to a concept called maya. This reference is hardly noticeable in the literature, and when Kirk Endicott wrote his Malay Magic, he omitted the word altogether. In this article the author uses ethnographic material from the Malayan-speaking Orang Sakai of Riau to examine the concept of maya (image) as it relates to a ‘lifeless soul’ inherent in material objects, giving physical objects vitality of form, appearance and use.
animism, shamanism, indigenous peoples, Riau, Indonesia
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Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
1 December 2015
Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
Porath, Nathan
(2015)
Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: a forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice.
Journal of the Malay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 88 (2), , [309].
(doi:10.1353/ras.2015.0022).
Abstract
The early literature on Malay animism and magic includes a passing reference to a concept called maya. This reference is hardly noticeable in the literature, and when Kirk Endicott wrote his Malay Magic, he omitted the word altogether. In this article the author uses ethnographic material from the Malayan-speaking Orang Sakai of Riau to examine the concept of maya (image) as it relates to a ‘lifeless soul’ inherent in material objects, giving physical objects vitality of form, appearance and use.
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Published date: 1 December 2015
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animism, shamanism, indigenous peoples, Riau, Indonesia
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