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Exorcism: a custom of the Black Lolo
Pien-cheng Kung-lun [Frontier Affairs] • 3 (9) • Published In 1944 • Pages: 27-30 [HRAF ms.: i, 12]
By: Ma, Hsüeh-liang, Tsao, Lien-en.
Abstract
The author has written an account of an exorcizing ceremony that he personally observed at Wan-teh village, Mou-lien district, in the Wu-ting area (the town of Wu-ting is approximately 35 miles northwest of Kunming), Yünan. His coverage of the ceremony is fairly extensive, including sacrifice, the legendary basis of the ceremony, and the ceremonial objects used. The importance of the Pai-mao (native religious practitioner) is clearly, though inferentially, brought out. Other topics mentioned in this source are omens and divination; attitudes toward spirits; spirit theory of disease; and attitudes towards government officials. The Lolo villagers described in this article are Black Lolo (Heh-i).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Arthur Fields ; 1956 ; Ian Skoggard ; 2010
- Field Date
- 1943
- Coverage Date
- 1943
- Coverage Place
- Wuding County, Yunnan Province, China
- Notes
- [by] Hsueh-liang Ma ; translated by Lien-en Tsao
- Translation of: Heh-i feng-su chih i-ch'u
- The original Chinese text is not available in the HRAF Collection.
- Translated from the Chinese for the Human Relations Area Files by Lien-en Tsao
- LCSH
- Yi (Chinese people)/Ethnology--China--Yunnan/Religion--China--Yunnan