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Article: The Social Significance of the Shaman among the Chinese Reindeer-Evenki.
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- Asian Folklore Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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Abstract
Today, approximately 200 Reindeer-Evenki live in the Greater Khingan Range of northeast China (Manchuria). Their ancestors, who around the end of the 1820s migrated from Siberia, already were nominally Russian Orthodox Christians before their immigration. Nevertheless, up to this date shamans have been playing an important role in religion and particularly in society. The Chinese Reindeer-Evenki are pure animists and believe that each thing has its soul. In their understanding, various spirits populate the whole universe. The shamans act as mediators between the world of humans and that of the spirits, and serve the members of their group as helpers in ...
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