PROGRAMM
14.00 Martin Gaenszle: Welcome and Introduction
14.30 Grégoire Schlemmer: How to present the »Rai religion« in 6000 words?
15.00 Marion Wettstein: The weaver and the hunter: An attempt in comparative Himalayan mythology and cultural practice
15.30 Kaffeepause
16.00 Joanna Bialek: Tracing the origins of rabs. Linguistic and social history of the term
16.30 Linda Gustavsson: Religious change among the Sikkimese Limbus
17.00 Mélanie Vandenhelsken: Comparing Limbu in Nepal and in Sikkim. An exploratory framework
17.30 Alban von Stockhausen: Eternalising one’s name: Comparing rituals of status between Eastern
Nepal and Northeast India
