What does a giant underground vault near the North Pole have in common with an oral history collection? More than you think, Ellen Coon explains.
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A worker straddles two rows of seeds in the vault near the North Pole
Pyakhan, Zar and Possessions
Figure Drawing: Possession by Nairy AbdElShafy
In their reaction to possessions Nepal and Egypt are very different. Their religious and cultural interpretations influence Pyakhan; the masked dance-drama performed in Nepal and the Zar exorcism ritual performed in Egypt. Current OHMA student Nairy AbdElShafy reflects on Ellen Coon’s talk on The Mountain with Two Wives: Landscape and Embodied Memory in Kathmandu on March 7th, and our role as oral historians in documenting experiences of possessions.
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