On the road to "Dream Mountain":
Naxi women are not allowed to take part but in 2005 they attended for the first time.
Men chant with the dongba;
The old shamen presides:
At home with the dongba [priest]:
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Naxi Dongba ceremony, Muli, 2005
Joseph Rock would be pleased to see that the Naxi ceremonies he studied and recorded are again being held near his old home north of Lijiang. [All pics are from the local Muli newspaper, the Liangshan Ribao].
On the road to "Dream Mountain":
Naxi women are not allowed to take part but in 2005 they attended for the first time.
Men chant with the dongba;
The old shamen presides:
At home with the dongba [priest]:
On the road to "Dream Mountain":
Naxi women are not allowed to take part but in 2005 they attended for the first time.
Men chant with the dongba;
The old shamen presides:
At home with the dongba [priest]:
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