Ethnic lineage and religious transmission: The trajectories of ethnic boundary-making among Vietnamese Caodaists living in Cambodia

• Main Author: Thien, Huong Ninh
• Other Authors: Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia. 2010
• Subjects: GN Anthropology
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/2553/1/Thien_Huong_Ninh_-_Ethnic_Lineage_and_Religious_Transmission.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/2553/; http://icis.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

On November 28, 2006, Caodaists in Cambodia met with a group of Caodai dignitaries and communist cadres from Vietnam to transfer the tomb of the Head Spirit Medium Pham Cong Tac from their temple to Toa Thanh Tay Ninh, the “Holy See” of the syncretistic Caodai religion in Vietnam. Despite Vietnamese...