Ethnology, Volume 44University of Pittsburgh, 2005 - Anthropology |
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... buffaloes are a link between them , integrating a diversity of social relations for different contexts . THE SOCIO - COSMIC ROLE OF THE BUFFALO The position of the buffalo vis - à - vis the house of its owner and of social space in ...
... buffaloes are a link between them , integrating a diversity of social relations for different contexts . THE SOCIO - COSMIC ROLE OF THE BUFFALO The position of the buffalo vis - à - vis the house of its owner and of social space in ...
Page 296
... buffaloes are the most important part of the bride - price . In the sacrifices for ill persons , the buffalo is explicitly offered to the spirits as a replacement for the afflicted human , or rather for his or her klpu that has been ...
... buffaloes are the most important part of the bride - price . In the sacrifices for ill persons , the buffalo is explicitly offered to the spirits as a replacement for the afflicted human , or rather for his or her klpu that has been ...
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... buffalo . This way , the whole that the buffalo represents encompasses spirits and people , relatives and co - villagers . This whole is focused on the house and its house spirit , with the highest degree of differentiation regarding ...
... buffalo . This way , the whole that the buffalo represents encompasses spirits and people , relatives and co - villagers . This whole is focused on the house and its house spirit , with the highest degree of differentiation regarding ...
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Volume XLIV Number | 4 |
Race and the Politics of Identity in Nepal | 49 |
TempleBuilding and Heritage in China | 65 |
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