Musical Form and Ritual Meaning in the Phur-pa Ritual Cycle of the Tibetan Bon-Po Religion
Research program: Culture and Representation
Joint project with Prof. Ricardo Canzio, National Taiwan University. Funded by the British Academy and National Science Council Taiwan. The aim of the project is to analyse the relationship between musical form and ritual communication in a major genre of Tibetan ritual practice, the Phur-pa ritual cycle of the Tibetan Bon-po (or Bon) religion. The performative aspects of Tibetan liturgy have been largely neglected in the existing literature. This project aims at integrating the analysis of the complex musical forms and procedures involved in this ritual cycle with the ritual action, including the "internal" visualisations and meditative procedures involved in the practice and the various interactions with deities and spiritual forces implied and assumed by the practice.
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