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Naxi, Rerkua, Moso, Meng / Charles Mckhann -- Yongning Moso Kinship And Chinese State Power / Susanne Knödel -- Moso And Naxi / Elisabeth Hsu -- Mortuary Rituals And Symbols Among The Mosos / Chuan-kang Shih -- A Naxi Cremation Ceremony / Zhang Xu -- The Dtô-mbà Ceremony To Propitiate The Demons Of Suicide / He Limin And He Shicheng -- The Propitiation Of Heavean / Joseph Rock -- The Ssú Life Gods And Their Cults / Yang Fuquan -- The Moso Ddaba Religious Specialists / Christine Mathieu -- The Authors Of Naxi Ritual Books, Index Books And Books Of Divination / Anthony Jackson And Pan Anshi -- The Translation Of Naxi Religious Texts / Pan Anshi -- Ritual Drums Of The Naxi In The Light Of Their Origin Stories / Michael Oppitz. Edited By Michael Oppitz And Elisabeth Hsu; Pictographs Drawn By Mu Chen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 345-363) And Indexes.