PERILOUS NOVELTIES - THE A-MDO TIBETAN KLU-ROL FESTIVAL IN GLING-RGYAL VILLAGE

Authors
DPALLDANBKRASHIS,"STUART K
Citation
K. Dpalldanbkrashis,"stuart, PERILOUS NOVELTIES - THE A-MDO TIBETAN KLU-ROL FESTIVAL IN GLING-RGYAL VILLAGE, Anthropos, 93(1-3), 1998, pp. 31-53
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Anthropology
Journal title
Anthropos → ACNP
ISSN journal
02579774
Volume
93
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
31 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0257-9774(1998)93:1-3<31:PN-TAT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Gling-rgyal Tibetan Village, Rma-lhoTibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qin ghai Province, China is the site of a summer festival known as klu-rol (water deities entertainment). The purpose of the festival is to plea se mountain gods through the village's two resident, male trance mediu ms. The mountain gods are beseeched to protect the village's crops and livestock and exorcize evils from the villagers through villagers' da nces and sacrificial offerings.