Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi

The Search for Powers of Blessing from the Other World of the Gods

AvC.W. Buijs

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del 308 i serien Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde

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Beskrivning

In Personal Religion and Magic in Mamasa, West Sulawesi, Kees Buijs describes the traditional culture of the Toraja’s, which is rapidly vanishing. The focus is on personal religion as it has its centre in the kitchen of each house. In the kitchen and also by the use of magical words and stones the gods are sought for their powers of blessing.This book adds important information to Buijs’ earlier Powers of Blessing from the Wilderness and from Heaven (Brill, 2006).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-27
Mått:155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:407 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Antal sidor:164
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004326569

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Kees Buijs, Ph.D. Anthropology (2004), Leiden University, has served in the Netherlands as reverend and in Indonesia and in South Africa as trainer. During fifteen years he alternated between Mamasa, Sulawesi, and the area of KwaNdebele, South Africa, for educational tasks.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter I Religion and magicChapter II Headlines of the religion of the Toraja’s in West SulawesiChapter III Pairan, individual religious responsibilityChapter IV Stones and incantations, vestiges from the other world of the godsChapter V Pairan and magic, personal religion in daily lifeGlossaryBibliographyIndex