SIBERIAN SHAMANISM: THE SHANAR RITUAL OF THE BURYATS

Book ID/图书代码： 06568016B88496

English Summary/英文概要： An intimate account of an ancient shamanic ritual of Siberia

• Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs throughout

• Details the many preparations and ritual objects as well as the struggles of the shamans to complete the ceremony successfully

Near the radiant blue waters of Lake Baikal, in the lands where Mongolia, Siberia, and China meet, live the Buryats, an indigenous people little known to the Western world. After seventy years of religious persecution by the Soviet government, they can now pursue their traditional spiritual practices, a unique blend of Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism. There are two distinct shamanic paths in the Buryat tradition: Black shamanism, which draws power from the earth, and White shamanism, which draws power from the sky. In the Buryat Aga region, Black and White shamans conduct rituals together, for the Buryats believe that they are the children of the Swan Mother, descendants of heaven who can unite both sides in harmony.

Providing an intimate account of one of the Buryats’ most important shamanic rituals, this book documents a complete Shanar, the ceremony in which a new shaman first contacts his ancestral spirits and receives his power. Through dozens of full-color photographs, the authors detail the preparations of the sacred grounds, ritual objects, and colorful costumes, including the orgay, or shaman’s horns, and vividly illustrate the dynamic motions of the shamans as the spirits enter them. Readers experience the intensity of ancient ritual as the initiate struggles through the rites, encountering unexpected resistance from the spirit world, and the elder shamans uncover ancient grievances that must be addressed before the Shanar can be completed successfully.

Interwoven with beautiful translations of Buryat ceremonial songs and chants, this unprecedented view of one of the world’s oldest shamanic traditions allows readers to witness extraordinary forces at work in a ritual that culminates in a cleansing blessing from the heavens themselves.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对西伯利亚的一个古老萨满祭祀的充分阐述

•整本书穿插生动的彩色照片

•细节描写了众多的准备工作和祭祀对象以及为了仪式顺利完成萨满教众的努力

贝加尔湖蓝波粼粼的水域附近的蒙古，西伯利亚和中国的土地上，生活着几乎不为西方世界所知土著人布里亚特人。在遭受了苏联政府七十多年的宗教迫害后，如今他们可以追求自己传统的精神做法，藏传佛教和萨满教的独特结合。在布里亚特的传统中有两种通往萨满教的路径：从大地吸取力量的黑萨满教，以及从天空吸取力量的白萨满教。在布里亚特阿加区域，黑萨满和白萨满仪式一起进行，布里亚特人认为他们是天鹅妈妈的孩子，可以团结和谐双方的天堂的后裔。

本书提供了对布里亚特最重要的萨满仪式的充分揭示，记叙了完整的萨莉亚仪式，一种新萨满教徒第一次接触他祖先的灵魂和接收他的力量的仪式。通过几十张彩色照片，作者详细阐述了该神圣祭祀的准备工作，祭祀对象和五颜六色的服装，包括狂欢和萨满的角，生动地阐述了萨满的精神进入他们自己内心的动态过程。当奋力完成仪式时，遇到来自精神世界的意想不到的阻力，年长的萨满教徒揭开在萨莉亚仪式完成前必须解决的过去的积怨，读者能够体验到古代仪式的强度。

与布里亚特仪式歌曲和歌谣的美丽翻译交织，这本前所未有的对世界上最古老的萨满教传统之一的探索，让读者见证非凡力量在得到来自天堂里的自己的纯净祝福的仪式中的作用。（LNL）

Awards/获奖情况：“. . . 我们知道，萨满是对世界有着非凡洞察力的普通人。也可以这样评价这本书本身. . . . 这绝不是一本普通的书。它是独特的，在某些方面比叙事更丰富，形式和内容合并，那故事成为信息，而信息是讲故事的原因。”——约翰-帕金斯，纽约时报畅销书《一个经济杀手的自白》的作者

“这本关于布里亚特文化的书是不全面的，但它将吸引那些对东方宗教和人类学感兴趣的读者。特别值得注意的是上百张全彩照片，使得这本精致的卷册更加美丽；还有一个非常有用的词汇表。”——出版商周刊

“. . .迷人的书. . .合作者章巴洛夫是布里亚特演员，菲普斯是非洲裔美国诗人，（加斯）生动详细地叙述了该仪式，更深入地探索了这个很少被讨论的文化. . .这本书提供了足够的关于该仪式背景的文化信息，但这并不意味着它是关于布里亚特文化的学术文章。175幅由时尚摄影师亚力山大•克翰塔瓦拍摄的随附照片十分美丽，并传达一种通常与该地区没有关联的颜色。”——图书馆杂志

“. . . we see that shamans are ordinary people with extraordinary perception of the world. The same can be said for the book itself. . . . This most certainly is no ordinary book. It is unique, in some respects more experience than narrative, a place where form and content merge, where the story becomes the message and the message is the reason for telling the story.” -John Perkins, author of the New York Times Bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

“This glimpse of Buryat culture does not aim to be comprehensive, but it will be fascinating to those interested in Eastern religions and anthropology. Of particular note are the hundreds of full-color photographs that grace the handsomely produced volume; there’s also a useful glossary.” -Publishers Weekly

“. . . fascinating book. . . . With coauthors Zhambalov, a Buryat actor, and Phipps, an African American poet, (Tkacz) gives a vivid and detailed look into this ritual and, more generally, into this rarely discussed culture. . . .This book provides enough information about the culture to place the ritual in context, but it is not meant to be a scholarly treatment of the Buryat culture. The 175 accompanying photographs by fashion photographer Alexander Khantaev are beautiful and convey a sense of color that is not typically associated with this region.” -Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： 维尔拉娜•加斯是两次富布莱特奖金的获得者，也是纽约雅苒美术团体的主任。自1996年以来，她就与布里亚特艺术家创造基于布里亚特故事，诗歌和歌曲的戏剧作品。萨扬•章巴洛夫是布里亚特作家，演员，歌手。他与雅苒艺术团体一起表演，也是在纽约世界音乐学院演奏的传统音乐乐团Uragsha的带头人。旺达•菲普斯是诗人和翻译家，以及雅苒艺术团体的创始成员。她是纽约基金会艺术诗歌奖金的获得者，她的工作已经刊登在一百多种文学期刊和文集上。

Virlana Tkacz, the recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships, is director of the Yara Arts Group in New York. Since 1996 she has worked with Buryat artists to create theater pieces based on Buryat stories, poetry, and songs. Sayan Zhambalov is a Buryat writer, actor, and singer. He performed with the Yara Arts Group and heads Uragsha, a traditional music ensemble that has performed at the World Music Institute in New York. Wanda Phipps is a poet, translator, and founding member of the Yara Arts Group. A recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, her work has appeared in more than a hundred literary journals and anthologies.

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