Ethnologie, Éditions DésIris

A world of tattoos An illustrated history of tattoos throughout the world. Nombre de pages : 288
Format : 24 x 28 cm cm
ISBN : 978-2-915418-17-0
29.00 €

Masks from the Alps In numerous isolated valleys of the Alps, masks remind us of the local, ancient customs that linger on the edges of the Carnival. In Austria, Switzerland, Southern Germany and Northern Italy, personages, whose aspects are as varied as the (...) Nombre de pages : 160
Format : 24 x 24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-915418-01-9
29.50 €

Shepherds of the sun Jean-Marie Mathieu Because of the drought, famine and economic injustices, the Peul watch their crops disintegrate on the continent - Africa - and drift. The author spent almost six years in Burkina Faso, and strives, in this essay, to valorise the wealth of the (...) Nombre de pages : 240
Format : 1 vol. 14/22 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-53-4
16.77 €

The Nuna masks Yannick Giorgi This book, the product of a meeting between the author and an initiate, is a living example of the rich patrimony, as alive as ever, of the way masks are used in traditional feasts in the village of Nuna, in Burkina Faso. Yannick Giorgi has (...) Nombre de pages : 160
Format : 1 vol. 24/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-74-9
37.35 €

TOVIL, Buddhist therapeutic exorcisms Bruce Kapferer Georges Papigny Rooted in a prestigious, cultural past where religious and artistic traditions of Buddhism and Hinduism blend together, the medicinal rites of Sri Lanka are most brilliantly expressed in the major exorcisms known as Yak Tovil, practised on the (...) Nombre de pages : 144
Format : 1 vol. 24/24 cm
ISBN : 978-2-907653-81-7
39.50 €