The current text resumes the topic of fertility rituals in Japan. This part of the entire article deals primarily with two protective village deities, the Dösojin, residing at entrance points to the village and thus overseeing all activity and movement to and from the village itself. The Dösojin thus have the capacity to control and influence everyday life of the villagers in the supernatural field, including new year festivities connected with fertility rituals. The current text not only introduces the shape of the two-day festival but also contributes to a deeper understanding of the issue in question by providing a complex insight into the symbolism and contextual meaning of the performance of the ritual itself., Zuzana Kubovčáková., and Obsahuje bibliografii
The article researches recent violent events in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in north-western People's Republic of China. After briefly positioning the Xinjiang problem within modern Chinese geopolitical statecraft and summarizing the sixty years of Communist Party's administration of the region, the article examines and challenges the Chinese authorities' argument that all violence in prosperous and stable Xinjiang is perpetrated by Uyghur separatists, extremists and terrorists linked to international networks. The article also argues that it is equally hardly possible to view the Xinjiang violence exclusively as Uyghur national liberation struggle, and instead claims that the current situation is a complex phenomenon stemming from the failure of state's policies and strategies vis-à-vis Xinjiang. Due to the region's rising importance for China, the unsolved Xinjiang problem thus poses a pressing dilemma for the new Xi Jinping administration. Primary sources of the research are official Chinese documents, foreign media reports and Uyghur exile sources., Ondřej Klimeš., and Obsahuje bibliografii