Imagined Community:An Anthropological Interpretation on the Ritualized Folk Sport of the Cross-Border Ethnic Group-Field Work on “Malu Dance” in Dai Village
The study adopted field work to investigate the ritualized fork sport—Malu Dance,which exists in the crossborder ethnic group of a Dai village of Menglian County,Yunan Province.It finds that the prototype of Malu Dance originates from the living environment and religious beliefs of the Dai society.The cross-border inheritance and communicalion correspond to the important events in the historical changes of the Dai society.The study draws the conclusion that an imagined community is an important factor which...