Devoções manifestas: religião, pureza e cura em um templo hindu da deusa Kali (Berbice, Guiana)
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-nov04b-020
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-NOV04B-020
- Author or attribution
- Marcelo Moura Mello
- Record type
- Dissertation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Date / edition
- 2014
- Source / repository
- lahppgas.museunacional.ufrj.br
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Further Full-Text Sources — November 2026; PhD thesis / Guyana; Direct Kālī; Guyana; Diaspora
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A substantial doctoral ethnography of the Blairmont Kali temple in Berbice, exploring devotion, religious categories, purity, ritual embodiment and healing.
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Marcelo Moura Mello · 2014 · Portuguese · PhD thesis / Guyana
Scope: Direct Kālī
A substantial doctoral ethnography of the Blairmont Kali temple in Berbice, exploring devotion, religious categories, purity, ritual embodiment and healing.
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Marcelo Moura Mello. Devoções manifestas: religião, pureza e cura em um templo hindu da deusa Kali (Berbice, Guiana). 2014. PhD thesis / Guyana. Portuguese. University-hosted PDF is large (~11 MB); institution URL should be used as preferred record.
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