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Naxi and Moso Ethnography: Kin, Rites, Pictographs.(Review)
Asian Folklore Studies, December, 2000 by Suwa, Tetsuo
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OPPITZ, MICHAEL and ELLISABETH HSU, Editors. Naxi and Moso Ethnography: Kin, Rites, Pictographs. Zurich: Volkerkundemuseum Zurich, 1998. 396 pages. Maps, b/w photographs, pictographs (by Mu Chen), bibliography, index, names of ceremonies, ritual chants and dances. Hardcover SFr 85.--; ISBN 3-909105-35-1.
The Naxi of northwest Yunnan are known for their ritual specialists or priests named dto-mba who have practiced their rites using texts written in pictographs. The Moso, considered to be a branch of the Naxi, live to the northeast of the Naxi. Their society is characterized by ...
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