Powers of Blessing from the Wilderness and from Heaven : : Structure and Transformations in the Religion of the Toraja in the Mamasa Area of South Sulawesi / / C.W. Buijs.
Women run screaming from their village at night, leaving all their clothes behind-possessed by spirits of the wilderness, they climb up a barana tree. It is but one of the fascinating rituals of the Toraja people described in this study. The Toraja people live in the mountainous region of South Sula...
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Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 229 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006. |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
229. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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