Finding “Their Own”: Revitalizing Buryat Culture Through Shamanic Practices in Ulan-Ude
2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 62; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/10758216.2015.1057040
ISSN1557-783X
AutoresJustine Buck Quijada, Kathryn E. Graber, Eric Stephen,
Tópico(s)Culinary Culture and Tourism
ResumoThe shamans working at the Tengeri Shamans' Organization in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, claim that their work is devoted to reviving "traditional" Buryat culture, despite local criticism of the "nontraditional" institutional nature of their practices. Ethnographic and survey data collected in 2012 confirm that this is in fact the case for the urban Buryats who are drawn to the organization. Shamanic healing at Tengeri requires patients to learn family genealogies and revive clan rituals, and it offers both practical opportunities and encouragement for the use of the Buryat language, thereby providing a locus for cultural revitalization.
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