Folklore of the Santal Parganas (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Cecil Henry Bompas

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ISBN 10 : 1330076192 ISBN 13 : 9781330076194

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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The Santals are aM unda tribe, a branch of that aboriginal element which probably entered India from theN orth East. At the present day they inhabit theE astern outskirts of the Chutia Nagpore plateau. Originally hunters and dwellers in ihe jungle they are still but indifferent agriculturists. Like theM undas and Hos and other representatives of the race, they are jovial in character, fond of their rice beer, and ready to take a joke. Their social organization is very complete; each village has its headman or manjhi, with his assistant the paranik; the jogmanghi is charged with the supervision of the morals of the young men and women; the naeke is the village priest, the godet is the village constable. Over a group of villages is the pargana or tribal chief. The Santals are divided into exogamous septs originally twelve in number, and their social observances are complex, e.g. while some relations treat each other with the greatest reserve, between others the utmost freedom of intercourse is allowed. Their religion is animistic, spirits [bongos) are everywhere around them: the spirits of their ancestors, the spirit of the house, the spirit dwelling in the patch of primeval forest preserved in each village. Every hill tree and rock may have its spirit. These spirits are propitiated by elaborate ceremonies and sacrifices which generally terminate in dances, and the drinking of rice beer. The Santal Parganas is a district 4800 sq.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330076192
• ISBN 13: 9781330076194
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 487
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