Ethnology, Volume 29University of Pittsburgh, 1990 - Anthropology |
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Page 19
... customs . Disputes within the village were generally handled in traditional village moots as they had always been . In certain circumstances , Local Government Councillors , or their unofficial assistants ( komiti ) , who were often ...
... customs . Disputes within the village were generally handled in traditional village moots as they had always been . In certain circumstances , Local Government Councillors , or their unofficial assistants ( komiti ) , who were often ...
Page 77
... customs ; if people came around and we had friends we gave them food and things and now the law also has good customs and I will explain them . Now the law is on top like the roof of a house . It's like when you walk about on the road ...
... customs ; if people came around and we had friends we gave them food and things and now the law also has good customs and I will explain them . Now the law is on top like the roof of a house . It's like when you walk about on the road ...
Page 238
... customs but also try to evade , alter , and above all use these customs with strategic care . For example , escaping culprits often choose notables and strong families as dakhal . In both cases of settlement my family chose to pay the ...
... customs but also try to evade , alter , and above all use these customs with strategic care . For example , escaping culprits often choose notables and strong families as dakhal . In both cases of settlement my family chose to pay the ...
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Abelam activities ancestors Antigua Anuta Asenöña Baliau banana beer Bedouin behavior Belize bridewealth cattle ceremonial Chimbu citrus clan colonial conflict copra corporate groups councilor cultural curers dakhal Department of Anthropology Dinka disputes domination economic Ethnology exchange faction gender Ghale growers Guinea Highlands Haya honor Howell Hueyapan Hueyapan's husband identity individuals Irakau island J. M. Adovasio John Frum Jonglei Kelly kinship Kondom labor leaders leadership levirate and sororate lineage Magruai male Manam mediator Melanesian Melpa moshav Nahua Nampas Nuer organization Papua New Guinea patrilineal pigs political population prestations processors production reciprocal region relations relationship ritual role rural Sahlins Scaglion settlement shaikhs Simbu Simbu Province social society sororate marriages Stann Creek district status stones stories Strathern structure Tamang tane poa Tanna Tauribariba Timling traditional tribal tribe Trobriand UMAV Vanatinai vendors victim's Village Courts Wamira woman women Yekuana