TITLE:
Nuo Dance of Jiangxi: From the Community Dance to Ritual Significance in Catherine Bell’s Model
AUTHORS:
Xiaoyu Yang
KEYWORDS:
Nuo Dance, Ritual, Community
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.6 No.11,
November
23,
2018
ABSTRACT: The study focuses on the ritual phenomena in the traditional local Chinese community dance Nuo in Jiangxi, China. Catherine Bell’s (1953-2008) model for ritual theory and ritual Practices is applied to this study, as she starts her career from a study of Chinese local Taoist religion and ritual studies. Nuo Dance is a popular form of primitive community dance in Jiangxi Province, China, as its religious ritual features are significant.