Past Event: Symposium | Music and Ritual in the Himalayas

Pashupatinath Temple by Bagmati river in Kathmandu

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Location: Luce Hall Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

Admission: Free

Open to: General Public

Description: Public Presentations - ALL WELCOME!!!!

  • Ingemar Grandin, Linkoping Universiteit, Sweden: Interpreting Newar Musical Life
  • Marie Lecomte­Tilouine, CNRS, Paris, Musical Celebration of war‐like Power in Western Nepal, from Medieval Heroes to Maoist Rebels
  • Alexander von Rospatt, University of California at Berkeley: The Use of Dance as a Ritual Tool in the Tantric Tradition of Newar Buddhism
  • John Leavitt, University of Montreal: An Integrative Ritual: Music, Mythppoesis, Movement in the Central Himalaya Jagar
  • Franck Bernède, Yale University: Musical Time, Ritual Time : Himalayan Perspectives
  • Maheshwar P. Joshi, Kumaon University (retired): The Articulation of Ideology and Power in Music and Ritual Traditions of the Central Himalaya: A Diachronic Study

Performers from the Singhini Institute, Kathmandu

The afternoon session is open and of interest to the general public. There is also a morning session of discussions with participating scholars and members of the Singhini Ensemble, which is designed for scholars in the field and may not be accessible to non­specialists. Interested visitors are welcome.

Both events are sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Hixon Fund, and the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, with support from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music