Small sacrifices : religious change and cultural identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia / Anne Schiller
- Bib ID:
- 292005
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Schiller, Anne (Anne Louise)
- Description:
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997
- xii, 178 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 019509557X (acid-free paper) (cloth)
- 0195095588 (acid-free paper) (paper)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction. The Ngaju "Death Cult" The "Ngaju" People and the Ngaju Region. Tiwah and the Issue of Ritual Acceptability. Kaharingan Ritual and Ngaju Identity. Some Implications of Religious Change in Central Kalimantan
- 2. Death Begins. The Rituals Today. The Three Stages of Mortuary Ritual. Souls and Life Forces. Ritual Specialists. The Mortuary Cycle: Death and Primary Treatment. The Mortuary Cycle: Informing the Deceased
- 3. Journey to the Village of Souls. Preparations for Tiwah. The Start of Tiwah. Ritual Specialists at Tiwah. The Cosmos Unlocked: Souls and Remains Are Treated
- 4. Order and Anti-Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds. Transgression of Hadat. The Origin of Hadat. Hadat and the Inhabitants of Upper- and Lowerworlds. Hadat and Jungle-Dwelling Beings. Hadat and Conceptualizations of Kinship. Marriage and Avoidance. Maintaining Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds. Tiwah as a Template for Social Relations
- 5. Hindu Kaharingan in the New Order.
- Rationalization of Hindu Kaharingan. The Rise ofhe National Religious Bureaucracy. The Rise of an Indigenous Religious Bureaucra cy. Toward Consolidation with Agama Hindu. Hindu Kaharingan Religious Education. Following New Orders. Spreading the Word. Ritual Standardization and Mortuary Practice. Ritual Change in Central Kalimantan. Christian Participation in Secondary Mortuary Ritual
- 6. Religions and Identities. Religion and Tribal Identity. Ngaju Cultural Iconology. Isen Mulung - "Never Retreat" "Let Us Follow in the Footsteps of the Late Tjilik Riwut" Hindu Kaharingan Ritual as Cultural Performance
- 7. Epilogue: Basir Muka and Religious Reformulations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.
- Subject:
- Ngaju (Indonesian people) -- Religion
- Copyright:
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