Photographs from De long en large Ladakh by Jean Mansion - Édition Findakly. Copyright Lise Mansion
The AFAO - Association Française des Amis de l'Orient - is organising a guided tour as part of the Printemps Asiatique
15 June from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 30
of the gallery's exhibition, followed by a cocktail.
It is necessary to book by logging in with the link below.
wonders-of-the-worldPRESENTATION BY CHRISTOPHE ROUSTAN DELATOUR OF THE MEM DE CANNES OF THE FRANCOIS PANNIER DONATION
The Museum of World Explorations is honouring the recent and exceptional donation made to the museum by the Parisian collector François Pannier, emblematic director of the "Le Toit du Monde" gallery. A veritable cabinet of curiosities, the exhibition will take visitors off the beaten track to discover an unknown Asia: the mountain divinities of Kullu, the travelling storytellers of Sandalwood country, the masked theatre of the Chinese minorities.
VISIT TO THE SHAMANIC ARTS EXHIBITIONOrganised by the AFAO - Association Française des Amis de l'Orient - the visit of the exhibition ARTS CHAMANIQUES took place this morning, 17th April 2023.
We were pleased to welcome a group of enthusiasts under the leadership of its director Arnaud Bertrand. x x
SHAMANIC ARTS EXHIBITION, APRIL 2023We are pleased to invite you to our next exhibition, which will take place from 13 to 29 April 2023.
We will showcase three shaman outfits: one from Mongolia decorated with raptor feathers, a vulture skull and Gobi bear skin, a Tamang shaman outfit with accessories, and a Kyabri officiant outfit with accessories.
These outfits will be surrounded by ritual objects, statues of protectors from western Nepal and masks.
The opening will take place on Thursday 13 April 2023 at 6pm,
at 6 rue Visconti - 75006 Paris.
We hope to see many of you at this event !
The Roof of the WorldGuided tour - Himalayan Ritual Treasures: an exhibition at Le Toit du Monde Gallery
In partnership with the Association Française des Amis de l'Orient - AFAO, we are organising a guided tour of our new collection of rare Himalayan ritual items. Amongst the exhibits, you will be able to contemplate three magnificent ritual specialist costumes, as well as protective statues and Monpa masks, amongst other objects.
The visit will take place on 17-04-2023 from 11:00 to 12:00.
You can book on the AFAO website.
AFAO page: https://afao-asso.fr/nos-conferences
SFEMT conference cycle - April 2023Crossing borders along the Tamang-Gurung-Thakali-Manang continuities? Ethnographic notes on Eastern Gurung shamanism (Gorkha district, Nepal)
By Fabio Armand (Catholic University of Lyon)
Monday, April 17, 2023, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
in room 3.04 at Inalco (65, rue des Grands Moulins; 75013 Paris)
and online, via the following link: shorturl.at/kmvO1
The classic ethnographic literature on shamanism of the Gurungs (Tamu) of Nepal describes two types of ritual practitioners, the puchu/pajyu/pachyu and the klihbrĩ/khepre/klyeprĩ.
Our recent research conducted with the eastern Gurung community of Laprak (Gorkha district) has revealed a different shamanic model where the single term ḍhum – attested among the Thakali and in southern Mustang – is used to define the ritual practitioner. From a study on the interactions between humans and supernatural non-humans in Laprak, we question the continuities of the beliefs and rituals of the Tibeto-Burman communities of Nepal belonging to the Tamang-Gurung-Thakali-Manang division.
Poster and details to be found on our website: https://www.sfemt.fr/cycle-conferences-sfemt-2022-2023-fabio-armand
Photographic ExhibitionThe Condorcet campus - Humathèque
organizes an exhibition with a round table on April 13
DAILY SKILLS
The know-how of the Siberian peoples
with the participation of Clément Jacquemoud.
SEECHAC APRIL 2023 CONFERENCEBetween text and image: Sassanian monogram seals
by Olivia Ramble, Doctorante, EPHE
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the auditorium of the Cernuschi Museum
Seals depicting monograms constitute an important part of the Sassanid glyptic corpus. Unlike emblems or other abstract motifs, monograms incorporate Middle Persian alphabetic characters into their composition - although sometimes in such a stylized form that it is difficult to identify the grapheme represented. As such, Sassanid monograms are a striking example of the fusion of text and image and the creation of a hybrid motif, both inscription and icon. For a long time, monograms were considered abstract symbols that could not be interpreted, until Unvala (1953) brought together several series of monograms in a single catalog and proposed readings of some of them on the basis of the letters within the various compositions. More recently, Gyselen (2012) has made an extensive study of these motifs using a specially developed computer program. However, scholars remain divided over the interpretation - stylized grapheme or decorative component? - of the most ornamental elements, such as the heart or the crescent. This study intends to take up the file of Sassanid monogram seals and proposes readings for some of them by seeking the key to their deciphering beyond the domain of onomastics. It pays particular attention to the pragmatic aspects of the seals, and in particular to the images and formulas they bear.
