Obo,Cultural Memory And Pastoral Nomadic Society

The paper, 《Obo, Cultural Memory and Pastoral Nomadic Society》 , consists of six parts: the introduction , Obo and temporal-spatial Arrangement in nomadic society , Obo and the construction of community , the religion of the common people and cultural memory , the concluding remarks and bibliography.In the first chapter, by using the psychological concept original shape . classified the stone mound worship among Mongolian or other nationalities in the world and put forward a hypothesis that Obo worship originated from mountain worship.Obo is suited to life style of pastoral nomads who are highly mobile and largely scattered over large territories.meanwile,with the description of social pattern,argued that the social group also influenced by Obo in non-sacrificial time.In the second chapter, selecting a herdsman' s community (Nomugan Somu,Durbed Banner in Ulanqab League) and within the community, posed a hypothesis : a local form of organization:Obo group was brought about by Obo and political administrative spacial-system overlap such a centralized and informal organization. In this point of view,set up the character of constructive form of community , including member identity , boundary meaning which was emphasized in Obo ritual , competition.In the last chaper,from a ritual point argued that Obo ritual is a Social drama" and the group played variable roles in it. However,due to the change of social structure between daily life and the ritual occasion,relationship of pre-nomadic society was memorized by Obo ritual.By employing the perspective of folklore and social Anthropology,author put forward a views on Obo,exploring the characteristics of Obo ' s social effect for pastoral nomadic society and its particularity at memory function.by way of the case study in real community,try own best to make up a comprehensive,systematic social theory about Obo in Mongolian culture.