Flying with the Vanishing Fairies: Typology of the Shamanistic Traditions of the Hunza
Anthropology of Consciousness August 24, 2011 László Koppány Csáji 4 citations
Until recently, very little has been written examining the beliefs and practices of the Hunzakuts shamans of North Pakistan. This paper attempts to provide insight into the shamanic traditions of the Burushaski speakers of Hunza, focusing on those specialists within this community who serve as intermediaries between the human and spirit worlds—bitan, dashmán, jaadugár, síre gús, and aqhón—with...