Finding "Their Own": Revitalizing Buryat Culture Through Shamanic Practices in Ulan-Ude

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 su...

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Published inProblems of post-communism Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 258 - 272
Main Authors Quijada, Justine B., Graber, Kathryn E., Stephen, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Armonk Routledge 01.01.2015
M. E. Sharpe Inc
Subjects
Clans
Criticism
Ethnography
Genealogy
Language
Native languages
Organizational Culture
Patients
Rites & ceremonies
Rituals
Shamans
Social research
Traditions
Urban Areas
Buryatia Russia
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1075-8216
1557-783X
DOI:10.1080/10758216.2015.1057040