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Hầu Đồng : The Spirit Mediums of Viet Nam
US$ 230.00 (This exclusive price is for the advance copies only, and includes shipping).
(Image-Wrap hard cover) 170 pages 13 x 11 inches/33 x 28 cms
Printed on Proline Pearl Photo Paper (Semi-Gloss/Best Quality 190 gsm)
Book weight approx 5.6 lbs/3 kgs
A large coffee-table format photo book with over 100 large color photographs and more than 60 pages of text, "Hầu Đồng : The Spirit Mediums of Viet Nam" explains the ancient Vietnamese syncretic religion of Đạo Mẫu, its rituals and its pantheon of deities, along with a narrative of my own experiences documenting it in Vietnam since late 2014.
Hầu Đồng is a ritual of Đạo Mẫu, and involves mediums being possessed by deities-spirits. It combines trances, spirit worship, sacred music, spectacular costumes, spiritual theater, superstition, nationalism and history. Prohibited by the French colonials and by the Ho Chi Minh regime, it went underground, survived and is now going through a resurgence.
I am the only non-Vietnamese photographer to have photographed Hầu Đồng ceremonies in such depth.
In addition to the large color photographs and scholarly explanatory text, the book also features interviews with 7 prominent Vietnamese mediums-clairvoyants on their life stories, and on their spiritual connection with Đạo Mẫu deities.
These are exclusive first run advance copies, and will individually be signed by me and can also be personalized with the recipient's name (and message) upon request.
