by Karma Choden · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789993691174
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«Phallus: Crazy Wisdom from Bhutan» is Karma Choden's cultural essay (ButterLamp Publishers, paperback, 80 pages, in English).
The book explores the role of the phallus in Bhutanese culture: a protective symbol, linked to fertility and to the «crazy wisdom» of Buddhism. With about a hundred colour photographs, it documents ritual dances of pre-Buddhist origin, masks and phalluses painted or carved on houses, within the religious life and customs of the country.
Published in 2014, it is catalogued under religion and spirituality and art and culture; ISBN-10: 9993691178.
For readers interested in anthropology, Buddhism and Bhutan's folk traditions.
