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Singing the Village: Music, Memory and Ritual Among the Sibe of Xinjiang

Singing the Village: Music, Memory and Ritual Among the Sibe of Xinjiang

Harris, Rachel

Hardcover

Series: British Academy Monographs

LinguisticsCountry & FolkWorld Music

ISBN10: 019726297X
ISBN13: 9780197262979
Publisher: British Academy
Published: Dec 23 2004
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year long march from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognised as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not fossilised tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation and retention.

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