Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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... body is exhumed , and the ceremony is often delayed until a son returns from abroad . If the children take turns in financing the mne- mosyna , the later ceremonies are usually the responsibility of those who live in Athens . When they ...
... body is exhumed , and the ceremony is often delayed until a son returns from abroad . If the children take turns in financing the mne- mosyna , the later ceremonies are usually the responsibility of those who live in Athens . When they ...
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... body of traditional Hindu law . Indian law included two main traditions , the Mitakshara law and the Dayab- haga law . The more widespread Mitakshara law was itself divided into four distinct schools . Tambiah ( 1973 : 74 ) concentrates ...
... body of traditional Hindu law . Indian law included two main traditions , the Mitakshara law and the Dayab- haga law . The more widespread Mitakshara law was itself divided into four distinct schools . Tambiah ( 1973 : 74 ) concentrates ...
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... body and , even when it moves beyond that body , remains feminine in identity . A second important fact about pollution and the reason for it being dangerous is that it is transferrable . Most discussions of the transfers of pollution ...
... body and , even when it moves beyond that body , remains feminine in identity . A second important fact about pollution and the reason for it being dangerous is that it is transferrable . Most discussions of the transfers of pollution ...
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Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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