Exploring Community Catharsis and Embodied Healing in Burmese Nat Pwe: Culturally Sensitive Pathways for Modern Dramatherapy Practice
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science 2026 Ravindra Ranasinha PhD, Agnes Seng Sam
This paper explores the Burmese Nat Pwe—a ritual festival of spirit embodiment and communal catharsis—as a culturally grounded framework for understanding healing within dramatherapy. Drawing on autoethnographic data from fifteen Burmese drama therapy trainees at the Academy of Care (Goethe-Institut, Myanmar), the study examines how ritual performance enacts therapeutic processes of embodiment,...