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Colin Millard is a medical anthropologist who has specialised in traditional healing practices in the Himalayan region. In this presentation he will discuss the role of healing rituals in Tibetan medicine and give examples of different kinds healing rituals and rites of prosperity he has observed in Tibetan communities in Nepal. This will include rituals related to spirit possession, soul loss, and an annual household propitiatory ritual of Lu (naga) class of spirits. Healing rituals are often required when disease is diagnosed as cause by a harmful spirit. The presentation will also discuss how this diagnosis is done.
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7.30pm for 8pm start.
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Beckets Inn, 43 High Street,Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom
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