Asian Folklore Studies articles from April 2005

Asian Folklore Studies archives from April 2005

"Listen, Rama's wife!" Maithil women's perspectives and practices in the festival of sama cakeva.
April 1, 2005... SONG #1* Mother, the month of kartik has arrived. Now Sama is again incarnated. Hey, Coralynn, (1) sister, without crying Write a letter for me to my brother. Hey hazam, (2) also send my letter. Deliver it into...

Folk culture and urban adaptation: a case study of the Paharia in Rajshahi.
April 1, 2005... IN NORTHWESTERN Bangladesh, a small number of Paharia live side by side with other ethnic groups. They were once a very proud group that dominated other peoples in the eastern Indian regions of the Santal Parganas and Rajmahal hills. Although...

Bridal laments in rural Hong Kong.(Chinese women social aspects)
April 1, 2005... THE CHINESE PROVERB on the three forms of obedience, "follow one's father when young, follow one's husband when married, follow one's son when old," states clearly how a woman's destiny was defined in traditional Chinese culture. It shows how a...

The revival of folk religion and gender relationships in rural china: a preliminary observation.
April 1, 2005... SIMILAR TO the case in Taiwan, (1) the practice of folk religion in rural southern China, particularly in the Pearl River Delta, has thrived as the economy has developed. Ancestral halls and temples have been rebuilt and ancestral altars have...

Silkworms and consorts in Nara Japan.(cultural relations of China and Japan)
April 1, 2005... ALTHOUGH SCHOLARS of Japanese religion have long focused on the formation of the Buddhist tradition as the single most important religious development of the first decades of the seventh century, the adoption of the Chinese ritual calendar...

The Dog Star and the Multiple Suns motif: an Asian contribution to European mythology.
April 1, 2005... VARIOUS ARCHAIC peoples believed that warmth of the sky's brightest star, Sirius,' combined with that of the sun to produce summer's heat. Sirius is the "Dog Star" of the constellation Canis Major (the "Larger Dog"), so the days following its...

Kristina Lindell (1928-2005): in memoriam.(OBITUARY)(Obituary)
April 1, 2005... KRISTINA LINDELL, renowned scholar of Asian folklore, linguistics, and culture, internationally well known for her long-term research on and engagement for the culture of the Kammu (Khmu) people of northern Southeast Asia, passed away on 8...

Stories and language of the Mantauran.(We Should Not Forget the Stories of The Mantauran: Memories of Our Past)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... ZEITOUN, Elizabeth, and Leeve KADALAE. We Should Not Forget the Stories of The Mantauran: Memories of Our Past. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series No. A4. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica. 2003....

Re: The 4th International Conference on Yi Studies.(CHINA)
April 1, 2005... This year's International Conference on Yi Studies will be held from 19 to 22 August, followed by two days of field experience (23 and 24 August) for foreign participants. The conference is to take place at Bapu Town, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi...

Re: World Intangible Cultural Heritage.(International Asian Folklore Academic Society's resolution for cultural property protection)
April 1, 2005... On invitation from Korean colleagues, the 7th International Symposium on Folklore was held in Gangneung, Korea, from 10 to 12 June, 2004. The symposium was held in connection with the Gangneung International Folklore Festival, an officially...

Re: Centre for Folklore/Indigenous Knowledge Studies.(INDIA)
April 1, 2005... While attending a conference in China last year I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with C. R. Rajagopalan. In our conversation he talked about the Centre for Folklore/ Indigenous Knowledge Studies (CFS), where he serves as director, and...

Qian, Nanxiu. Spirit and Self in Medieval China: The Shih-shuo hsin-yu and its Legacy.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... QIAN, Nanxiu. Spirit and Self in Medieval China: The Shih-shuo hsin-yu and its Legacy. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 200l. xv + 520 pages. Tables, figures, glossary, references, index. Cloth US$60.00; ISBN 0-8248-2309-5. Paper...

Cate, Sandra. Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... CATE, Sandra. Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. xiv + 218 pages. Figures, color plates, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$50.00; ISBN O-8248-2357-5. The purpose of this...