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Masters of Psalmody (bimo)

Névot, Aurélie. Masters of psalmody (bimo) : scriptural shamanism in southwestern China. Leiden : Brill, 2019. (“Religion in Chinese societies ; 15). ISBN : 978-90-04-41484-6

Aurélie Névot est anthropologue au CNRS, membre du CCJ-CECMC.

Présentation

In Masters of Psalmody (bimo ) Aurélie Névot analyses the religious, political and theoretical issues of a scriptural shamanism observed in southwestern China among the Yi-Sani. Her focus is on blood sacrifices and chants based on a secret and labile writing handled only by ritualists called bimo.

Through ethnographic data, the author presents the still little known bimo metaphysics and unravels the complexity of the local text-based ritual system in which the continuity of each bimo lineage relies on the transmission of manuscripts whose writing relates to lineage blood. While illuminating the usages of this shamanistic tradition that is characterized by scriptural variability between patrilineages, Aurélie Névot highlights the radical changes it is undergoing by becoming a Chinese state tradition.

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OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Monique Abud (30 août 2019). Masters of Psalmody (bimo). Carnets du Centre Chine (CNRS/EHESS). Consulté le 17 mars 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mgy7


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