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The Time of Red Snowfall: Steering Social and Cosmic Renewal in Southwest China

The Time of Red Snowfall: Steering Social and Cosmic Renewal in Southwest China

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The Time of Red Snowfall: Steering Social and Cosmic Renewal in Southwest China

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The Time of Red Snowfall: Steering Social and Cosmic Renewal in Southwest China

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Asian folklore studies, 2023-01, Vol.82 (1), p.141-164

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English

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Each year the Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman group of Southwest China, celebrate their Fire Festival with vibrant displays that evoke the myth-historical blunder of a hero killing a spirit. To atone for this blunder, they compete in arts and sports before spectators, judges, and the sky god, who receives their displays as ritual blandishments and expresses...

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The Time of Red Snowfall: Steering Social and Cosmic Renewal in Southwest China

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2844842310

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1882-6865

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