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Chuankor Huala


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Audio

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Authors

Wen Xiangcheng 

Abstract

This collection contains audio of interviews from the Sanchuan region, in the south of Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province China. All interviews are with huala, male villagers who regularly incarnate local tutelary deities, on such occasions as healing rituals, and the annual harvest festival. The huala interviewed here are mostly Mangghuer; the collection contains one interview with a Tibetan huala, called lha pa in the local Tibetan dialect.

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The Chuankor huala describes how he became a huala and narrates some of his experiences after he became a huala. He described how he performs at funerals and healing rituals while possessed. He also discussed other huala in his local area. 在这个采访中包含了川口法拉成为法拉的过程和他成为法拉后的经历。作为法拉他被村民们邀请而去过葬礼和治疗一些医生无法医治的病人。还讨论了怎样类型的法拉在这一带。

Keywords

Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, Mangghuer, Sanchuan, Huala, Tibetan

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Publisher

World Oral Literature Project

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