Localization and Ritual Changes:Social,Cultural and Ethnic Conceptions in the Disputes of Marriage Rituals of the Dungans in Central Asia
The Dungans are an ethnic group of Hui people that migrated from Shaanxi and Gansu of China to Central Asia during 1877-1884.As an immigrant community,Dungans'localization was influenced by their an-cestral cultures as well as the surrounding cultures in Central Asia;In such a context,their marriage rituals have developed into complex ceremonies that comprise multicultural elements.After the collapse of the Soviet Union,Dungans'social relations changed significantly in line with the social and cultural transformation in Central Asia,but their cultural expressions are still under the shadow of the ethnicity concepts inherited from Soviet Union.The debates in Dungans'marriage rituals reflect the strained relationships of their social,cultural and conceptual aspects,showing the multiple aspects of the localization process of the Dungans in Central Asia's transformation.
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