Ban Yatra: A Bio-Cultural Survey of Sacred Forests in Kathmandu Valley

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dc.contributor.advisorMurton, Brian
dc.contributor.authorMansberger, Joe R.
dc.contributor.departmentGeography and Environment
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-15T17:47:37Z
dc.date.available2009-07-15T17:47:37Z
dc.date.issued1991-05
dc.descriptionPhD University of Hawaii at Manoa 1991
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 310–330).
dc.description.abstractThis study documents and interprets the collective store of traditional knowledge concerning the manifestation, protection and preservation of sacred forests in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It essentially investigates the phenomenon of "sacred forests" through a cognitive study of its associated cultural tradition and religious belief system. A biological examination of natural components in the light of cultural findings provides a bio-cultural perspective of the subject. Oral interviews and on-site observations at 45 selected sacred forest sites form the basis of collected data. A combined historico-cultural/religio-geographic approach, documenting oral tradition, iconographical and ethno-botanical evidence, contributes to an analysis of sacred forests as bio-cultural landscape units representing a religio-cultural tradition of nature preservation. Present preservation attitudes and initiatives, along with circumstantial evidence of the physical condition of sacred forest sites, are considered in the analysis of the present status of sacred forest preservation and the relative importance of traditional prohibitions, values and beliefs. The combined evidence suggests that the sacred forests of Kathmandu Valley are bio-cultural landscape units of biological, cultural, religious and historical significance.
dc.format.extentxiii, 330 leaves, bound : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/9807
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [May 1991]
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Geography.
dc.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
dc.subjectsacred groves
dc.subjectforests and community
dc.subjectNepal
dc.subjectKathmandu Valley
dc.subjectreligious aspects of trees
dc.subjectsacred space
dc.subjectcultural property protection
dc.subjectforest conservation
dc.subjectHinduism
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectphilosophy
dc.subjectreligion and theology
dc.subjectlandscape preservation
dc.subjectcultural anthropology
dc.titleBan Yatra: A Bio-Cultural Survey of Sacred Forests in Kathmandu Valley
dc.typeThesis
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local.identifier.callnumberAC1 .H3 no.2607
local.identifier.callnumberMICROFICHE D31623
local.identifier.voyagerid596471
local.thesis.degreelevelPhD

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