TAILIEUCHUNG - The change of shamans of Tày and Nùng people in Vietnam

Tày and Nùng people in Vietnam belong to the Tày - Thái linguistic group, so they have similar characteristics of language, customs and habits. These peoples have close relations with the other races in the Tày - Thái linguistic group. The author researches the changes of shamans (wizard) who are the main characters in the spiritual life of Tày and Nùng people in comparison with Thái people in the Northwest of Vietnam and Zhuang people in Guangxi, China. | Religigj StucB Vol. 9 N . 03 04 2015 97-112 NGUYỄN THỊ YÊN THE CHANGE OF SHAMANS OF TÀY AND NÙNG PEOPLE IN VIETNAM Abstract Tày and Nùng people in Vietnam belong to the Tày - Thái linguistic group so they have similar characteristics of language customs and habits. These peoples have close relations with the other races in the Tày - Thái linguistic group. The author researches the changes of shamans wizard who are the main characters in the spiritual life of Tày and Nùng people in comparison with Thái people in the Northwest of Vietnam and Zhuang people in Guangxi China. Keywords Change Shaman the Tày people the Nùng people Vietnam. 1. The ancient religion of Tay and Thái people In the ancient society the religious activities of humankind were equal. Everyone could practice the simple sacrifice according to personal needs. Therefore in this period the societies of Tày and Nùng people in particular residents of the Tày - Thái linguistic group in general did not have any person who was in charge of worship. Along with the development of primitive religion objects of worship gradually increased the ritual activity was more complex the need for knowledge and skills in the ritual also increased etc. Therefore the needs to have brokers who communicated between human being and God arose. A social development also led to the division of society for example some older people who had experience or the leaders were responsible for sacrifice operation. In particular some people had the ability and a high degree were trusted by people so they could communicate with the divine and helped people carry out the sacrifice activities. It is probably one of the basic characteristics that led to the formation of a team of shaman in many races. However it is difficult to determine the time appearing the functions of the shaman in Tày and Nùng people because . PhD. Institute for Cutural Studies Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. 98 Religious Studies. N0. 3 4 - 2015 it was in the

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