“The Parsi Way of Life and Death“ with Leilah Vevaina Leilah Vevaina: 巴斯社群的生活與喪‪葬‬ CUHK Anthropology Podcast 人類學看世界

In this episode, Prof. Leilah Vevaina at the CUHK Department of Anthropology will be talking about her research on the Indian Zoroastrian, or Parsi, community in Mumbai, India and Hong Kong. Leilah does not only look at the religious endowments and the trust as a mechanism of property management in the city, but also the interaction between the Parsi community and the city and the dynamics within the group. Her recent research focuses on Zoroastrian death rituals and funerary infrastructures, offering an insight about how religious beliefs and practices adapt and evolve in contemporary society.

(This episode is conducted in English.)

香港中文大學人類學系助理教授 Leilah Vevaina 研究在印度孟買及香港的信奉祆教（又稱拜火教）的巴斯人社群。她的研究深入討論巴斯社群如何以宗教基金為單位，設立一套管理資產的機制，亦透露了社群與市政府的互動，在城市中扮演的角色，以及社群成員間的矛盾。她最近著手研究巴斯社群的喪葬儀式，為聽眾對於傳統宗教信仰和實踐在現代社會的演變提供更多思考。

（本集訪問以英語進行。）

00’48 The Parsi: a very small community in a very big city 巴斯人：大城市中的小社群

13’25 The Parsi way of property management  巴斯式財產管理

28’22 Parsi in Hong Kong 巴斯人在香港

39’03 The change in Parsi death rituals in contemporary society 現代社會巴斯喪葬儀式的轉變

47’04 Leilah’s journey to anthropology 如何踏上人類學之路