Bimoist Rituals of Epidemic Prevention and Ethnic Health Communication in Liangshan of Southwest China

Qiangchun Wang

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Bimoist Rituals of Epidemic Prevention and Ethnic Health Communication in Liangshan of Southwest China

Qiangchun Wang

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)

Received: 22 August 2022 Accepted: 2 September 2022 Published: 8 September 2022

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In the bimoist culture, the origin of the epidemic of gods, ghosts, and nature construct a triple epidemic prevention system supported by bimo (or bimoist priest), the public, and the community in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China. From the perspective of the bimoist culture of Yi ethnic minority people (also known as Nuosu or Nosu), this paper investigates the significance of symbolic interactive ritual chain in ethnic memory, ethnic identity, and ethnic epidemic prevention for understanding health transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. The flexibility of the primitive bimoist culture makes it a positive force for epidemic prevention in local society. Studying the bimoist rituals of epidemic prevention in Liangshan of Southwest China in the light of symbolic interaction benefits health communication in the post-era of the coronavirus pandemic. The bimoist culture is a self-contained system. The bimo plays a crucial role in connecting the gods, ghosts, nature, and animal kingdoms in Nuosu rituals in the bimoist culture. Ethnic epidemic prevention and health communication in the Yi communities play an essential role in collective cognition, memory, and identity. In formulating and implementing the policy, it is crucial to value the bimoist culture while providing modern medical treatment and epidemic prevention conditions for the Yi community.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20221105.15
Page(s)	291-297
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Bimoist Culture, Animism, Ethnic Epidemic Prevention, Ritual Communication, Health Communication

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