Textiles and Supernatural Power: A Tai Belief System

Q2 Arts and Humanities Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2018-02-15 DOI:10.1353/JBS.2017.0011
S. Conway
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Abstract:This paper focuses on textiles (monk's robes and funeral shrouds) and supernatural formulae created by the Tai of Lan Na (Northern Thailand) and the Shan States (Myanmar). The term supernatural formula is used to describe a magical prescription that incorporates visual material with some form of verbal communication. Visual material includes representations of spirits, magical diagrams (yantra) and texts written in ancient Tai scripts and verbal communication involving incantations in Pali and Tai languages. Formulae are created in the context of a Tai magical-religious belief system that draws on the power of Buddhism and Nature, spirits and healing, scared objects and astrology, cosmology and numerology. This belief system has enabled the development of a distinct Tai material culture of which textiles are one aspect. A srā, meaning a craftsperson or artisan (Burmese: saya, Thai: paw maw or paw acharn), uses the belief system to invoke spirits to bring good luck and to create protection against evil spirits that bring bad luck. Monk's robes are a source for protection and healing generated through the power of Buddhism. Funeral shrouds draw on power from a wider source that includes elements of the Tai magical belief system.
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纺织品与超自然力量:一个戴信仰体系
摘要:本文着重介绍了泰北泰国和缅甸掸邦的纺织品(僧袍和寿衣)和灵验配方。“超自然公式”一词用于描述一种神奇的处方,它将视觉材料与某种形式的言语交流结合在一起。视觉材料包括用古代泰语书写的精灵、魔法图和文本,以及用巴利语和泰语进行的包括咒语在内的言语交流。公式是在太极神奇的宗教信仰体系的背景下创建的,该体系借鉴了佛教和自然、精神和治疗、恐惧物体和占星术、宇宙学和命理学的力量。这种信仰体系促成了一种独特的泰物质文化的发展,纺织品就是其中的一个方面。srā,意为工匠或工匠(缅甸语:saya,泰语:paw-maw或paw-acharn),利用信仰体系来召唤神灵带来好运,并保护人们免受带来厄运的恶灵的伤害。僧袍是通过佛教力量产生的保护和治疗的源泉。葬礼的裹尸布从一个更广泛的来源汲取力量,其中包括泰神奇信仰体系的元素。
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