Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng filmed this nadun 4 October (the 18th day of the 8th lunar month) 2001. Later, Wen Xiangcheng edited the video. This is Part Two. Search the Internet Archive to easily locate Part One.

Nadun is held in Mangghuer areas (and also a few Tibetan areas) of Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China.

For more on the nadun, see (1) Zhu Yongzhong and Kevin Stuart. 1996. Minhe Monguor Nadun Texts. CHIME. 9: Autumn, 89-105; (2)Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. 1993. ‘That All May Prosper’: The Monguor Nadun of the Guanting/Sanchuan Region. Anthropos. 88: 15-27; (3) Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. June 1990. The Tu Nadun. China Pictorial 36-37; and (4) Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. 1991. The Tu Fala: Trance Mediums of Northwest China. Shaman’s Drum. Spring, 23, 28-35.

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