Zihan Li, The Transmission of Dongba Manuscripts: Writing system, religious rituals and historical changes among the Naxi of Yunnan in China
This dissertation examines the society and religion of the Naxi, a Tibeto-Burman-speaking population of north-western Yunnan, recognised as the ‘Naxi nationality’ (naxizu 纳西族 in Mandarin) by the Chinese state during the ‘ethnic classification’ programme (1950–1960).The Dongba are Naxi religious spe...
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2023
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| Zusammenfassung: | This dissertation examines the society and religion of the Naxi, a Tibeto-Burman-speaking population of north-western Yunnan, recognised as the ‘Naxi nationality’ (naxizu 纳西族 in Mandarin) by the Chinese state during the ‘ethnic classification’ programme (1950–1960).The Dongba are Naxi religious specialists who are known in particular for possessing a ritual pictographic writing that they alone master. Before the 1950s, the Dongba handed down their religious knowledge from father to son. But ... |
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