How does a diverse and evolving group of caretakers of a highly combina-ntory mountain pilgrimage complex ensure a steady flow of pilgrims, minimizeninternal competition and conflict, and guard against external threats and thendestabilizing influence of natural disasters and ideological, geopolitical, andneconomic crises? With grace, determination, nuance, and intellectual fair-nmindedness, Barbara Ambros addresses this and other questions of interest tonscholars whose research spans broad disciplinary, geographical, and temporal
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