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Study On Culture Ritual Of Yugur

Posted on:2006-06-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z F MiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360152990073Subject:Sociology
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"Ritual" is the most original and universal social culture phenomenon in the long history of human civilization. Therefore, It has become an important researching field of anthrop-sociology, culture and culture-sociology. Ritual as an ancient culture form of man's society will continue to exist and develop as long as there is man and man's living.China is a country of multi-nationality, such nationality has its our unique national culture. That possesses its our distinctive culture features, growing travels and evolving patterns. Here is the research of the ritual of yugur in China. The rituals of yugur are noted for their peculiar national characteristics. According to the writer's study of yugur culture, Since 1990s, great change have taken place in some of yugur's ritual forms, For example, changes in tonsure, marriage and funeral.By applying the principles and study methods of sociology and anthropology, this research paper depicts the ritual of yugur, explains the changes as well as the cause and motilities of these changes taking place during the social transitions, and, furthermore, aims at the study of the logical relationships of yugur. The substance of this research paper is to seek the agreeing-point of the ritual theory and social transition theory and to reveal the deep implication of yugur cultural transitions by combining the ritual changes with the social transitions of yugur. Meanwhile, the research attempts to make creative discoveries on the peculiarity of yugur culture through the practical study of yugur rituals.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yugur, Ritual, Cultural ritual, Cultural implication, Cultural transition
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