Bibliography 2: #BIB29710

Key	BIB29710
Reference type	Thesis
Title	Ritualiserte forståingar : bribriar og bahá'í-trua
Author	Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Year	2004
Date	2004
Place published	Bergen, Norway
Abstract	Talamanca, a vast mountainous area in south-eastern Costa Rica, was never controlled by colonial or state authorities, but by its dominant inhabitants, the indigenous groups Bribri and Cabécar. There, since the early 1960s, when foreign missionaries established themselves in the zone for the first time in 250 years and cultural change accelerated in the more accessible parts of the area, several persons and families (most of whom are Bribris) have become Bahá'ís (a religion that originates from Persia in the mid 19th century). However, these persons still respect, practice and propagate what they reckon as their indigenous traditions. This thesis is based on fieldwork in a predominantly Bahá'í settlement. Its main focus is the relationships between indigenous traditions and the newer religion, as it sets out to account for how local Bahá'ís understand their religion in the light of their indigenous traditions, and vice versa: How their understandings of indigenous traditions are changing in interaction with Bahá'í teachings. The new religion becomes molded and integrated in larger social and cultural processes, and actively (trans)formed by its practitioners to suit their needs, tastes and more or less ritualized understandings of the life-world.
Language	Norwegian
Keywords	COSTA RICA; BRIBRI PEOPLE; ANTHROPOLOGY
Number of pages	352
University	Universitet i Bergen

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