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description: Tovil is an indigenous healing ritual among the Sinfiala of Sri Lanka. It is a treatment for mental illness. During the ritual, which takes place at night, the patient embodies the demons who are the cause of his or her psychic problems. The ritual is a psychodrama, accompanied and induced by drumming, dancing and singing. The emphasis of this study is not on the patient but on the healer.
language: German
title: Skill and Trust: The Tovil Healing Ritual of Sri Lanka As Culture-Specific Psychotherapy (Sri Lanka Studies in the Humanities and the Social Sciences)
titlecomplete: Skill and Trust: The Tovil Healing Ritual of Sri Lanka As Culture-Specific Psychotherapy (Sri Lanka Studies in the Humanities and the Social Sciences) (English, Tamil and German Edition)
publisher: Vu Univ Pr Amsterdam