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      Hầu Đồng: The Spirit Mediums of Vietnam

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      Hầu Đồng: The Spirit Mediums of Vietnam is the first photo book of its kind. Đạo Mẫu - The Mother Goddess worship - is a syncretic religious tradition in Viet Nam that mixes components of indigenous goddess worship and other local beliefs, with Daoist and Buddhist elements.

      Hầu Đồng is one of the main rituals of Đạo Mẫu, and exemplifies the worship of mother goddesses in Viet Nam. During these rituals, the mediums go into ceremonial trances so that their bodies can receive the spirits of various deities.

      Tewfic El-Sawy is a New York City based freelance photographer specializing in documenting endangered cultures, religious rituals and traditional lifeways of Asia, Latin America and Africa. Known as The Travel Photographer, he also leads photography expeditions and teaches multimedia and street photography. He is the only non-Vietnamese photographer to have photographed Hầu Đồng ceremonies in such depth.
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      • Primary Category: Religion & Spirituality
      • Project Option: Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
        # of Pages: 170
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        • Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781367498341
      • Publish Date: Jul 04, 2016
      • Language English
      • Keywords Vietnam, Religion, Photography, Cults
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      Tewfic El-Sawy
      New York, NY, USA

      Tewfic is a New York City based freelance photographer specializing in documenting endangered cultures, religious rituals and traditional life-ways of Asia, Latin America and Africa. Known as The Travel Photographer, he also leads photography workshops and expeditions, authors photo books and teaches multimedia and documentary photography. His 170 pages photo book Hầu Đồng: The Spirit Mediums of Vietnam is a seminal documentary on trances, possession, spirit worship, fortune telling, pageantry, sacred music and hymns, faith, superstition, the supernatural, nationalism and history that constitute Vietnam’s indigenous Đạo Mẫu religion. Tewfic is the only non-Vietnamese photographer to have documented this ancient but vibrant tradition in such depth. He also published "The Old Qi Bao Teahouse"; a book of monochromatic photographs of an ancient Shanghai teahouse. He's working on "Chinese Opera of The Diaspora"; a photographic documentation of one of the most ancient art forms.

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