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Revival of religious practices of all sorts in China, after decades of systematic government suppression, is a topic of considerable interest to scholars in disciplines ranging from religious studies to anthropology to political science. This book examines contemporary religious practices among the Premi people of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Tibet area, a group of about 60,000 who speak a language belonging to the Qiang branch of Tibeto-Burman. Koen Wellens's ethnographic research in two Premi communities on opposite sides of the border, and his analysis of available historical documents, find multiple advocates and rationales for the revival of both formal Tibetan Buddhism and the indigenous Premi practices centered on ritual specialists called anji.Wellens argues that the variety in the shape the revitalization process takes--as it affects Premi on the Sichuan side of the border and their counterparts on the Yunnan side--can only be understood in a local cultural context. This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics.

Pumi (Chinese people) --- Borderlands --- Pumi (Peuple de Chine) --- Régions frontalières --- Religion --- Rites and ceremonies --- Social life and customs --- Rites et cérémonies --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian (China) --- Muli Zangzu Zizhixian (China) --- Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian (Chine) --- Religious life and customs --- Vie religieuse --- Religion. --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Social life and customs. --- Religious life and customs. --- S11/1230 --- S24/0910 --- S13A/0400 --- Pimi (Chinese people) --- Primmi (Chinese people) --- Pruumi (Chinese people) --- Pʻu-mi (Chinese people) --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Border-lands --- Border regions --- Frontiers --- Boundaries --- China: Social sciences--Others --- Tibet--Tibetan Buddhism: general --- China: Religion--Popular religion: general --- Borderlands - China. --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- Régions frontalières --- Rites et cérémonies --- 木里藏族自治县 (China) --- Mu-li Tsang tsu tzu chih hsien (China) --- Muli Tibetan Autonomous Xian (China) --- Muli Zangzu Zizhi xian (China) --- Mu-li Tibetan Autonomous Hsien (China) --- Ning-lang I tsu tzu chih hsien (China) --- Ninglang Yi Autonomous Xian (China) --- Ning-lang Yi Autonomous Hsien (China) --- Ning-lang I Autonomous Hsien (China) --- Social & cultural anthropology