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Photographs from De long en large Ladakh by Jean Mansion - Édition Findakly. Copyright Lise Mansion

Objets et rituels«Objects and rituals in the Himalayas »

Presentation by Adrien Viel

Adrien Viel is a film-maker, anthropologist and research associate at the Anthropology, Archaeology and Biology Laboratory at Paris Saclay. He is best known for a remarkable documentary film about à trois chamanes Nepalese from different ethnic groups: Chepang, Tamang and Gurung.

In 2023, he defended his anthropology thesis entitled :

The shaman in an ancient hunter-gatherer society: a socio-cultural study of the Chepang of Nepal : An essay in filmed anthropology

Shamans are healers and warriors. During healing sessions, he works for the good of his community to reverse the hold of evil entities over humans, in order to re-establish the group's protection. To do this, the warrior-healer sets off in search of a diagnosis, a soul or a battle to fight, evolving in a wild world populated by ancestors and beneficent spirits, demonic creatures and devious ghosts. In order to become a vessel for invisible beings and demonstrate his power to intervene, the shaman adorns himself with accessories and ritual clothing.

We are delighted to welcome Adrien Viel on 3 June for a talk on the ritual attributes - drums, bird daggers, archer's bracelets, etc. - that make up the equipment of shamans and other ritual specialists in Nepal. The objects presented will be on view during the lecture, accompanied by field photographs and film extracts.

Tuesday 3 June 2025 6.30pm

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L’OURS ET LA VIEILLE GRILLE 

9, rue Larrey 75005 (Métro Place Monge)
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DDM conferences and meetings are free for members and anyone interested (10 euros per admission).

It will be possible to follow the conference remotely using the zoom software. DDM members will receive an access code the day before the conference.

Le Sourire et la Conscience © Serge Bourguignon‎

Le Sourire et la Conscience’ screening

One-off screening of the documentary ‘Le Sourire et la Conscience’, by Serge Bourguignon (1995, 1h47), in the presence of the director.

On the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to France in 1993, filmmaker Serge Bourguignon - who won an Oscar for Les Dimanches de Ville-d'Avray - accompanied him on his journey across the country.

His film traces the highlights of this journey, including the Dalai Lama's reception at Grenoble's Joseph Fourier University, during a symposium bringing together scientists from a variety of disciplines (oncology, astrophysics) around the theme Science, Nature and Consciousness.

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The death of Roberte Hamayon

Roberte HamayonIt is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Roberte Hamayon, whose research into shamanism shed new and widely recognized light on the subject.

BJChEA Seminaire2025Seminar

 Ritual actors, scientific actors.
Modalities and consequences of field interaction around the rite

March 14, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Séminaire en ligne.

The program includes three presentations: 

* Nicolas Sihlé, Research Fellow (Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies, UMR8077 CNRS, EHESS): Studying the “1900 ritual dagger-bearers” of the Repkong and their large ritual gatherings (north-east Tibet): challenges and methodological options.

*  Laetitia Merli, Anthropologist and documentary filmmaker: “Transcultural initiation in Mongolia. Building bridges between communities”.

* Grégoire Schlemmer, Research Fellow (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, URMIS (UMR205 IRD, UMR8245 CNRS, U. Paris Cité) ; CESAH ; CASE) :   “Faut-il croire pour le voir? The Kulung relationship - and that of a researcher - to ritual”.

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For more information, visit: https://www.gis-reseau-asie.org/evenement/seminaire-acteures-ritueles-acteures-scientifiques-modalites-et-consequences-de

Puschiasis Yak driverConference

As part of the photo exhibition “ Histoires de Circulation en Himalaya ”, GRITH in Montreal announces a conference entitled :

“From yak-driver to taxi-driver: Migration and translocality among the Sherpas of Khumbu, Nepal”

by Ornella Puschiasis

Tuesday March 11 at 6pm in room A-1280 (on the second floor of the UQAM library).

Photo exhibition: Poster Traffic Stories in the Himalayas

 

Journee detudeJOURNEYS OF THE SOUL AND ITINERARIES IN SPIRIT

JOURNEYS OF THE SOUL AND ITINERARIES IN SPIRIT – An intercultural ethnological approach Interdisciplinary event organized by the Fondation culturelle Musée Barbier-Mueller, IPAG Business School, Paris and ARCH (Association pour le rayonnement des cultures himalayennes)

The concept of the soul has been central to spiritual beliefs and practices since antiquity. Its definition varies from culture to culture, with some considering several souls per individual or their association with the vital breath. The rituals associated with soul travel, whether shamanic journeys, metempsychosis or mystical experiences, reflect universal concerns. The soul plays a key social and spiritual role, particularly in funeral and healing rites. This study day aims to analyze these practices through a comparative and ethnological approach.

Watch the recording of the February 5, 2025 study day

ÉTUDE DE L'âme

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Journeys of the soul and itineraries in spirit

Sponsored by the Société de Géographie,

In collaboration with IPAG and the Barbier-Mueller Foundation, ARCH is co-organizing a Study Day on the theme Journeys of the soul and itineraries in spirit, An intercultural ethnological approach..

See you on Wednesday, February 5, 2025,
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please register with: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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Michel PostelDeath of Michel Postel

We are saddened to learn of the death of Michel Postel at the age of 98.

In addition to his pharmaceutical work in India, he has published widely to promote and defend Indian art.

He is the creator of the Asiatica museum in Biarritz

 

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