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20 juillet 2022
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Daniel Berounsky, « Masters of Psalmody (bimo): Scriptural shamanism in Southwestern China, by Aurélie Névot », European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, ID : 10.4000/ebhr.249
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The title of the new book by Aurélie Névot might give the impression of an anthropological or ethnological study dealing with ritual specialists among the Yi peoples of China. It should be made clear from the outset that this is not the case, although the book does indeed explore a class of ritual specialists called bimo and ethnological materials do play an important role in it. Névot attempts to discuss the nature of the rituals performed by the bimo by focusing on the role of the scripture...