Ancestor Worship of Pula People of the Yi Minority in Southern Yunnan Taking Beige Villlage, Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province as an Example

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10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.439How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Yi Minority in southern Yunnan; Pula people, ancestor worship

Abstract

Beige refers to Pula Village of Yi minority in southern Yunnan Province and the area distributed with the most centralized population. The harsh natural environment and the backward means of livelihood make Pula people mainly rely on the worship of nature and ancestors and deities for a good harvest. Ancestor worship has always been prevailing in the local area. The ancestor worship of Pula people builds on the faith that the souls of parents are immortal. Up to now, they still maintain a set of funeral ceremony that pleases souls of the dead. Besides, a variety of ceremonies of sacrifice and praying for souls of ancestors are annually conducted in special festivals such as the Spring Festival, the Mid-July Days and the Winter Solstice Festival.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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