A NAMUYI TIBETAN BREAST-HEALING RITUAL

Lí Jiànfù and Yèjìng Zhūmù. 2023. A Namuyi Tibetan Breast-Healing Ritual. Asian Highlands Perspectives 63:9-35.

This paper describes a breast-healing ritual commonly practiced by Namuyi Tibetans, a little-studied sub-group of Tibetans in the southwest of Sichuan Province, PR China. It seeks to raise awareness of the healing knowledge and traditions of the traditional Namuyi Tibetan secular ȵu²¹ȵu²¹ fu⁵⁴, a breast-healing ritual generally performed by older women in dealing with swollen breasts and pain during the breastfeeding period. It is considered convenient and practical.