Why Hair Needs to Be Long

Tibetan tantrists (non-monastic Buddhist practitioners of tantric rituals) attach great importance to keeping their hair long. The importance of tantrists’ hair is particularly striking in Repkong county (northeastern Tibet), which is famous for its large number of tantrists, many of whom wear dread...

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Main Author: Nicolas Sihlé
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2018-11-01
Series:Ateliers d'Anthropologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/10562