Perilous novelties - The A-mdo Tibetan klu-rol festival in Gling-rgyal village

Author(s): Stuart, K.

Journal/Book: Anthropos. 1998; 93: Editions St-Paul, Perolles 42, CH-1700 Fibourg, Switzerland. Anthropos Inst. 31-53.

Abstract: Gling-rgyal Tibetan Village, Rma-lhoTibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China is the site of a summer festival known as klu-rol (water deities entertainment). The purpose of the festival is to please mountain gods through the village's two resident, male trance mediums. The mountain gods are beseeched to protect the village's crops and livestock and exorcize evils from the villagers through villagers' dances and sacrificial offerings.

Note: Article Dpalldanbkrashis, Qinghai Jr Teachers Coll, Xining 810007, PEOPLES R CHINA

Keyword(s): China; Qinghai Province; Tibetans; China minorities; ritual; exorcism; trance mediums; shamans; mountain gods

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