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Folklore Fieldwork For "TuoMaoJIA" In YeNiuCun

Posted on:2007-06-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D L YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360212480978Subject:Folklore
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YeNiuCun " TuoMaoJia," is a very special ethnic group in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They belonged to the Mongolian tribe in the past, and lived nomadic life, clothed with the Mongolian costume, using the Mongolian language. However, differed from the main Mongolia, they believes Islam, so they are commonly called the "Mongolian Muslim". They belong to multiform culture ethnic group and their culture including: the grassland culture of Mongolia, the Islamic culture, traditional Chinese culture, the Tibetan culture and so on. Because of this unique characteristics, some scholars have took interest in this group and some articles on them have been published, but most of the works mainly discussed the group's historical origin and religious belief, few article concerned their folklore, survived condition, cultural change, impact of modernization and so on.When we come close to this group and found that their culture is vanishing. the article use method of participant observation and deep interview of fieldwork, it records and expresses the group's language, name, lifestyles, food, daily ceremonies, marriage, religious belief so as to reaffirm that "Other" is a possibility, another way of life is possible ,And social concerns the weak or non-mainstream groups, Will be as "modern" negative mirror. So that we can pursue a reflection, also can we acquire a special historical depth and cultural position of a relative.
Keywords/Search Tags:TuoMaoJia, Mongolian Muslim, Folklore Fieldwork
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