The remaking of a Tibetan mountain cult festival: the worship of landscape deities in the Rebgong Valley, Amdo

Festivals in honor of mountain deities were revived across the Tibetan plateau in the 1980s, some years after the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in the People's Republic of China. This article, primarily analyzes the development of one mountain festival in Amdo, Qinghai, focusing on...

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Authors: Niangwujia (Author) ; Havnevik, Hanna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 456-487
Further subjects:B Festivals
B worship and play in Tibetan mountain cults Rebgong valley
B Tibetan mountain deities
B Amdo sacred landscape in Tibet and the Himalayas
B Patronage
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