Basketry and Festival Among the Dong (Kam) People
Jason Baird Jackson
Ruth N. Halls Professor of Folklore and Anthropology Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Indiana UniversitySt. Bloomington, USA
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and Lijun Zhang
Assistant Professor of Folklore Department of English George Mason UniversityUSA
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Dec 18, 2024
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Published Online: Dec 18, 2024
Page range: 123 - 151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2024-0023
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While fundamental to the practical concerns of everyday life, bamboo baskets also play important roles within festivals staged by the Dong (Kam) people of Southwest China. Drawing upon fieldwork in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and in adjacent Liping County, Guizhou Province, this article will evoke and contextualize some of the ways that bamboo baskets are bought and sold, used and put on display within festivals held in this mountainous corner of China and the Southeast Asian Massif.