2015/07/30 by Justine Buck Quijada, Kathryn E. Graber, Eric Stephen · 13 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Culinary Culture and Tourism #Clan #Ethnography #Shamanism #Criticism #Sociology #Environmental ethics #Political science #Anthropology #Law #History
paper · open access · doi:10.1080/10758216.2015.1057040
published in Problems of Post-Communism 62(5), 258-272 (Taylor & Francis)
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The 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.