Третий полюс. Гималайский регион — культурная единица в контексте политического, этнического и религиозного разнообразия. №1
Editor: Korablin Denis
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Москва, 2025, 212 p.
Content
INTRODUCTION
Himalayan Studies – From Borders to a Cultural Unit
(D. A. Korablin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
JUBILAEUS
The Himalayas – Abode of Light. Exploration of the Himalayan Region by the Roerichs (A.M. Shustova). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
PART I. STRUCTURE, SPACE, LANDSCAPE
The Himalayas as a Sacred Landscape and its Transformation in the Context of Mass Culture (M.N. Khramova) . . . . . . . . . . 51
Kalmyks in the Himalayan Cultural Space (Yu.V. Lyubimov) . . . 82
Landscapes as One of the Factors of Ethnocultural Differentiation of the Himalayas (N.N. Alekseeva) . . . . . . . . . 95
PART II. IDENTITIES, SINGULARITY, AND OVERLAPPING INTERPRETATIONS
Limbu Identity in Modern Nepal: Religious and Political Context (L.A. Streltsova) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Burusho – the People of the Roof of the World (M.V. Bakanova) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Pakol: the Linguistic Aspect of the Origin Problem (S.I. Kaverin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
IN MEMORIAM
The Role of the Representative of the Thakuri Dynasty in the Ritual Transfer of Power in Nepal (K.P. Shrestha) . . . . 179
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
