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Upcoming at the Bates College Museum of Art, Shamanism and
How to Make the Universe Right presents an extraordinary selection of shaman
scrolls and ceremonial objects of the Yao . The Yao are an ethnic minority people originally from the mountainous regions
of southwest China .
Due to extenuating political reasons, many of the tribal groups migrated to Vietnam
during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and settled in Northern Vietnam .
The Yao brought with them a rich
tradition of shamanic practice that is an amalgam of primarily Daoist
deities and rituals, but also Buddhist deities, aspects of Confucian ancestral
worship, animism and other natural forces. Traditional Yao
spiritual life and ceremonial practice is embodied in this exhibition of their
extraordinary art and material culture. View the exhibition.
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