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EUROPEAN BULLETIN OF HIMALA VAN RESEARCH

NUMBER 3 1992

CONTENTS

EDITORlAL. ... 3

REVIEW ARTICl..E The Text Within· Studies ^of Oral Ritual Tuu in Nepal In the Last Decade: Martin Gaenwe .... S Six Proposals for In ~Elhnognphy of the Pcrformed Word-: Afterthoughts on Readina: Martin Gaensz.le's Reyiew Ankle on the Study or<:nl Ritual TeltS: Andris HOru ... 17

AROUVES Him:l.layan A;Chlycs in Paris. Pan one: Lucent BouJ.nois.. ... __ ... _ ... _ .. 23

Cen~ d'£tudes Himalayennes __ .. __ ._ ... ___ .. _ .... __ ... __ ... _ ... _23 Bibli~ue des Ungues 0rienWes.. ... __ .. ___ . __________ .... ____ .. __ ... .27

The MU5ie Gllimet Ubr.u:y ... _ ... __ .. ______ .... ____ .. _ ... 30

Centre d~udes sur !cs Relipons lilM!wnes. ... _ .... _ ... _ ... _ .... _ ... _ .... 32

~n~ d'El\~ TIlM!wnes ~ CoI~,e de ~ .... _ .. _ .... _ ... _ ... 33

Library of the

&ok

F~ll$e d'UIJ'tme·OrienL .. _ ... _ ... 34

Bibl.iOlh~ue de I'lnstirut ... 36

1lIe MUKe de l'Homme Library ... _ .... _ ... _ ... 39

TOPICAL REPORTS Thang'51on, rOyaI·po· A 1...eonardo oflibet: Wolf Kahlen._ .. _ .... _ ... _ ... _ ... _ .... 40

INTERVlEW Rishikesh Shaha on Human Rights and Democracy in Nepal: An Intel'Yiew with the President of the Human RightS Ortanlsauon of Nepal (HURON): Martin Gaenszle ... 46

RESEARCH REPORTS Group Projects: German Research Council Project on: Settlement Processes and SUite Formation in the Tibetan Himalayas. .. __ ... _ ... 53

Indiyidual Projects: NEWS Tr.lYcllina: 10 Bllddhist Holy CentreS: The Case of Sherpa Pilgrimaa:es: Ebertw'd BefJ ... 53

Socio-Economic Condilions of tile Ten.i (Madhesiytl Community in Nepal): Han Bansh Jha ... , ... 54

Human Rights Viol:uions in the Himallyas' thc: Domination of Elites: LudmiI1a TIIUin& ... _..56

Society and Culture in the Himalayas: K. Warikoo ... _ ... __ .... _ ... ____ ... S7 The Antluopolocy of NeJW: A Franco-Nepalesc Seminar. GCrvd Toffin._ ... _ ... __ .... ___ 59 Journey

throup

I Century: A Tale of the twO Cities: Prayl' Ra.i Shanna __ ... ___ .. __ ... _ .. 61

Oral TnditionJ al'd LitcrarurC in Nepal: Martin Gacnsde ___ .... __ .. ____ ... _ .. ___ •. __ .. 62

ANNOUNCEMEI'ITS Symposia:

Sixth Conference of the InlemalionaJ Association of Tibetan Studits ... 66

Second InlCm:lIional Seminar on Tibetan Unguage. ... 66

SaSOfl National Congress on SUUCt\ll'e and Transition; Society, Poverty and Politics in NepaL ... _ ... 66

The Anthropology of Nepal. People, Problems and Processts. ... 67

Exhli~~~Ual Conftrtnce of !he Unguistic Society of NepaL ... 68

Culture and Everyday Ufe in Tibtt. ... _ ... _ ... _ .. _ ... 69

Organizations; Aims and Objectiyes of ASH ... __ .... _ ... 70

CON11tIBUTORS 10 TH1S lSSUE ... 72

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