a folk pantheism they share with some 5% of Mongolians. About 50% of the populace is Tibetan Buddhist, 40% are atheist (thanks no doubt to 70 years of Communism under the Soviets), with the ...

Thai Buddhism is heavily influenced by the worship of multiple deities that must be appeased by frequent ritual offerings, which Sawan led. Although Sawan diligently practiced the folk Buddhism he ...

On the day the crew was having coffee, Enscoe was on tour in Alaska, with the folk trio Bandits on the Run. “Folk music has always had a big storytelling bent to it,” he will tell me later ...

This phantasmagoric vision of ethical re-balancing in distant worlds is an acient but childish dream – but it persists in the kind of debased folk-Buddhism that the masses are made to believe. In the ...

Myanmar – Scattered across the lush, rolling hills of southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region, rebel fighters stationed at checkpoints inspect cars and trucks traveling towards a nearby town ...

Bangkok, Thailand – Wanitcha Amkham rotates her roti stall between the Thai capital’s food markets throughout the week, hawking pan-fried dough that has been perfected in recipes passed down ...

Lion-like figure that appears in folk performances, royal court dances, and Buddhist dances. In masked dance-dramas, this role is portrayed by an actor donning a lion mask. In Korea, Saja (Korean ...

The theme of the Sixth World Buddhist Forum (SWBF), "Hand in Hand for Coexistence," represents a grand vision. As discussions unfold regarding Buddhism's role in promoting global peace and mental ...

The chart visualizes two recordings of the English folk song “Scarborough Fair”—one sung, one spoken—by Patrick Savage, a study author and participant. The song unfolds at around half the ...

Elwyn Lloyd-Jones has not spoken to his son for more than a year and blames a Buddhist group. Bangkok demanded the return of the animal after claims it was tortured while kept at a Buddhist temple.

It caters unashamedly to its vote bank among the dominant Sinhala Buddhist community comprised, primarily, of relatively unsophisticated rural folk. How else could one explain the issue of a blue ...