Bimo detailed data collection

Bimo is a transliteration of Yi language. Bi means "chanting Buddha", while Mo means "learned elder". It is a kind of sacrificial teacher who praises, prays and sacrifices for others. Bimo is well-connected and knowledgeable, and his main functions are as a priest, practicing medicine, divination and other activities; Its cultural function is to organize, standardize and teach Yi language, and to write and copy ancient books including religion, philosophy, ethics, history, astronomy, medicine, pesticides, crafts, customs and characters. Bimo plays an important role in the life of Yi people, such as fertility, weddings, funerals, diseases, festivals, hunting and sowing. Bimo is in charge of theocracy, culture, ghosts and gods, and guides personnel. In the eyes of Yi people, Bimo is an intellectual of the whole Yi society and a defender and disseminator of Yi culture.