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- Social Sciences: 2010 World Report observes growth in emerging countries
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- Tibetan Epic Poem Belongs to All Mankind
- ISFNR BELIEF NARRATIVE NETWORK CONFERENCE 2010
- Chinese Scholars attend the 15th Congress of ISFNR
- Lecture: Comparative Oral Epic and Oral Tradition Research in the 21st Century
- IEL International Seminar Series on Epic Studies and Oral Tradition Research
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Rescuing the Epic King Gesar
A rich and splendid treasure house of folk literature, the heroic epic of King Gesar, which has a history of more than 1,000 years, is on par with all other world cultural masterpieces. Since the 1980s, the government has devoted enormous efforts tˇ­ˇ­   >>>
IEL International Seminar Series on Epic Studies and Oral Tradition Research
IEL International Seminar Series on Epic Studies and Oral Tradition Research (IEL-ISSESOTR) CALLING FOR PARTICIPATION Beijing, June 2009 May 26, 2009 Dear Colleagues, Scholarship in Epic Studies and Teaching Oral Traditions has made grˇ­ˇ­   >>>
Ms. Noriko Aikawa, Advisor to ADG for Culture, UNESCO paid an official visit to IEL
Based upon the working plan for establishing UNESCO-supported Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage Center (Category II), on the 19th January, 2009, Ms. Noriko AIKAWA, advisor to Assistant Director-General for Cultural Intangible Cultural Herˇ­ˇ­   >>>
Reports on Oral Traditions along the Silk Road
Cultural Diversity and Identity of Ethnic Groups in West China and Beyond: Reports on Oral Traditions along the Silk Road (A Project Co-Sponsored by UNESCO & BIC of CASS) Editor-in-Chief: Chao Gejin A Brief English Introduction to the Presentˇ­ˇ­   >>>
Fieldwork Connections:The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America
Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America Bamo Ayi, Stevan Harrell, and Ma Lunzy Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yˇ­ˇ­   >>>
The latest issue of journal Oral Tradition
Dear colleague,The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition is pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of our journal Oral Tradition, free of charge and available to all athttp://journal.oraltradition.orgThe articles in issue 23.1 encomˇ­ˇ­   >>>
Textual Representations of the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Drama Yuzan ji (The Jade Hairpin)
Textual Representations of the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Drama Yuzan ji (The Jade Hairpin) Issue: Volume 20, Number 2, Oral Tradition Author(s): Andrew Lo Download: Download PDF Citation: http://journal.oraltradition.org/issuˇ­ˇ­   >>>
King Gesar Returns to Enlighten Olympic Visitors
Tibetan artist Namgyal has devoted nearly half his life to the traditional art of Thangka. The 26-year-old, who began practicing the age-old Buddhist banner art when he was 14, is paying his first visit to Beijing, where he will stay until late Augˇ­ˇ­   >>>
Institute of Ethnic Literature (IEL), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Epic Traditions Oral Narratives Ethnic Groups in China Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Rescuing the Epic King Gesar
- The Bard Jusup Mamay
- A Brief Account of Bensen Ülger and Ülgeren BenseBab Sgrung: Tibetan Epic Singers
- On the Study of the Narrative Structure of Tibetan Epic: A Record of King Gesar
- History and the Tibetan Epic Gesar
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- The Other Writing of People without a Written Language
- A Preliminary Analysis of the Oral Shamanistic Songs of the Manchus
- Nakhi Tiger Myth in its Context
- Bab Sgrung: Tibetan Epic Singers
- The Mythology of Tibetan Mountain Gods: An Overview
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- Han Nationality
- Chinese Minorities
- Achang Ethnic Minority
- Bai Ethnic Minority
- Blang Ethnic Minority
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- Intangible Heritage of Humanity: Urtiin Duu - Traditional Folk Long Song
- Intangible Heritage of Humanity: The Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang
- Intangible Heritage of Humanity: The Guqin and its Music
- Intangible Heritage of Humanity: Kun Qu Opera
- China and US in joint efforts to protect cultural heritage
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