Devotion : Image, Recitation, and Celebration of the Vessantara Epic in Northeast Thailand
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3897905000
ISBN-13
9783897905009
Publisher
Arnoldsche
Imprint
Arnoldsche
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 6th, 2017
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
1,410 grams
Dimensions
24.60 x 31.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Exhibition catalogues & specific collectionsBuddhist sacred texts
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Six Vessantara Jataka picture scrolls published in full length for the very first time, with in depth essays exploring an ancient Buddhist text.
The Vessantara Jataka is the tale of Buddha''s last life, before he was reborn as the historical Buddha 2,500 years ago. In this earlier existence as Prince Vessantara he demonstrated evidence of the highest virtue that constitutes an enlightened man: generosity. Vessantara gave away everything dear to him - in the climactic scene of the story, even his wife and children. In North-East Thailand the Vessantara tale is celebrated annually as Bun Phra Wet. Pha Phra Wet - ''Vessantara cloths'' - form the visual framework for this festival; they are hand-painted scrolls, which can reach lengths of up to one hundred meters.
Devotion presents, for the very first time, a selection of six full-length Vessantara scrolls and explores a contemporary multimedia celebration of an ancient Buddhist text.
Devotion presents, for the very first time, a selection of six full-length Vessantara scrolls and explores a contemporary multimedia celebration of an ancient Buddhist text.
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