1st Edition

Siamese State Ceremonies With Supplementary Notes

By H. G. Quaritch Wales Copyright 1995
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

To students of Indian Culture interested in tracing the influence of India in the institutions of her Cultural Colonies, as also to Anthropologists, the Religious Festivals and Court Ceremonies, which still remain the most characteristic features of Siamese social life, offer an important field for research. Yet the subject has been little touched by scholars. Therefore a pioneer work of this... Read more
PART I. INTRODUCTORY, PART II. THE CHIEF FACTORS IN SIAMESE STATE CEREMONIAL, PART I I I . CEREMONIES OF INSTALLATION, PART IV. CEREMONIES CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH KINGSHIP, PART V. CEREMONIES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, PART VI. MISCELLANEOUS STATE CEREMONIES, General Conclusions.

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H. G. Quaritch Wales