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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wellens, Koen.
Religious revival in the Tibetan borderlands :
the Premi of southwest China / Koen Wellens.
p. cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-295-99068-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-295-99069-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Pumi (Chinese people)—Religion.
2. Pumi (Chinese people)—Rites and ceremonies.
3. Pumi (Chinese people)—Social life and customs.
4. Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian (China)—Religious life and customs.
5. Ninglang Yizu Zizhixian (China)—Social life and customs.
6. Muli Zangzu Zizhixian (China)—Religious life and customs.
7. Muli Zangzu Zizhixian (China)—Social life and customs.
8. Borderlands—Tibet. 9. Borderlands—China. I. Title.
DS731.P844W45 2010 305.895’4—dc22 2010033489
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