ASIAN ETHNOLOGY Volume 63 (2)

AE / Volumes Asian Folklore Studies 63 (2)

This volume contains 17 articles.

Hmong Instructions to the Dead: What the Mouth Organ *Qeej* Says (Part Two) Falk, Catherine

Oral Competition Narratives of Muslim and Hindu Saints in the Deccan Green, Nile

The Long-Tailed Rat Gold, Ann Grodzins

Interpreting Untouchability: The Performance of Caste in Andhra Pradesh, South India Charsley, Simon

Folklores of Sacred Khecheopalri Lake in the Sikkim Himalaya of India: A Plea for Conservation Jain, Alka, H. Birkumar Singh, S. C. Rai, and E. Sharma

Btsisi’, Blandas, and Malays: Ethnicity and Identity in the Malay Peninsula Based on Btsisi’ Folklore and Ethnohistory Nowak, Barbara S. and Singan knәn Muntil

Review of: Noriko Reider, *Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari* Marceau, Lawrence E.

Review of: James Huntley Grayson, *Myths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials* Pettid, Michael J.

Review of: Mark Bender, *Plum and Bamboo: China’s Suzhou Chantefable Tradition* Børdahl, Vibeke

Review of: Shanshan Du, *“Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs”: Gender Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China* Hayami Yōko

Review of: Liangyan Ge, *Out of the Margins: The Rise of Chinese Vernacular Fiction* Naka Hiroshi

Review of: Rania Huntington, *Alien Kinds: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative* Giskin, Howard

Review of: Charles Le Blanc and Rémi Mathieu, *Philosophes Taoïstes II: Huainan zi* Major, John S.

Review of: Patricia Matusky and Tan Sooi Ben, *The Music of Malaysia: The Classical, Folk and Syncretic Traditions* Groemer, Gerald

Review of: Patricia V. Symonds, *Calling in the Soul: Gender and Cycle of Life in a Hmong Village* Tapp, Nicholas

Review of: Molly Kaushal, *Chanted Narratives: The Living ‘Katha-Vachana’ Tradition* Jason, Heda

Review of: Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey, *Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines* Green, Nile