%0 Book Section
%T position of the blacksmiths
%A Goris, R. (Roelof)
%B Bali: studies in life, thought, and ritual
%S Selected studies on Indonesia by Dutch scholars
%D 1960
%V v. 5
%I W. van Hoeve Ltd. for The Royal Tropical Institute--Amsterdam
%C The Hague And Bandung
%G English
%F of07-019
%O by R. Goris
%O 116s pulled; this document was originally part of document 1: Franken  OF07 fiche file;  title not found in LOC  search performed 12/6/07; Pages:  15;
%O For bibliographical references see document 21:[Franken, et al]
%X This article, which was first published in Dutch as a section in a larger collection entitled 'Bali: Studies in Life, Thought and Ritual', describes the social position of blacksmiths in Balinese society. It shows as of the 1920s, the Balinese considered all metal as magically dangerous. Blacksmiths were considered magicians because of their daily contact with such a magically charged substance.
%K Balinese (Indonesian people)
%K Balinese
%K Smiths and their crafts
%K Ethnogeography
%K Classes
%K Chief executive
%K Castes
%K Mythology
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=of07-019
%P 289-299, 387-388
%[ 2022-06-27