Das Überleben des Schamanismus im chinesischen Zentralasien: Beispiele des modernen Synkretismus als Forschungsproblem der Religionsethnologie.

The paper, based on the data obtained by the author in the extensive field work in Xinjiang, describes the practices of shamanism beliefs among the Uygurs, Kazakhs and Kirkiz whose religion is Islamism now. And the related practice of healing diseases, expelling evils, the devices that the shamans use, the ritual procedures and the lines of the ritual songs performed by the shamans during the rituals, are also described in detail. Then the author gives a comparatively thorough analysis on the shamanism belief of the peoples and Islamism. And in conclusion, the author points out there are mutual co-existent relations of Islamism and the multi-god belief of shamanism among the ethnic groups and the unique cultures of Islamism and shamanism exist among the peoples of Xinjiang. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]