Religious cults of the Pai-i along the Burma-Yunnan border
By: Tʻien Ju-Kʻang.
Series: Monograph / Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University ;; no. 1; Monograph (Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program) ;; no. 1.
Publisher: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Shan (Asian people) -- China -- Yunnan Sheng -- Religion; Yunnan Sheng (China) -- Religious life and customs
Description: An anthropological study done in 1940-1942 of the Pai cult of the people of Mangshih village in Yunnan just over the border from Burma. These people are called Pai-I in Chinese, and Shan in Tai. The author identifies them as Tai-Lü.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--London School of Economics and Political Science), 1948.