TY  - CHAP
AU  - Goris, R. (Roelof)
PY  - 1960
DA  - 1960//
TI  - The position of the blacksmiths
BT  - Bali: studies in life, thought, and ritual
T3  - Selected studies on Indonesia by Dutch scholars
SP  - 289-299, 387-388
VL  - v. 5
PB  - W. van Hoeve Ltd. for The Royal Tropical Institute--Amsterdam
CY  - The Hague And Bandung
KW  - Balinese (Indonesian people)
KW  - Balinese
KW  - Smiths and their crafts
KW  - Ethnogeography
KW  - Classes
KW  - Chief executive
KW  - Castes
KW  - Mythology
AB  - 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.
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=of07-019
LA  - English
N1  - by R. Goris
ID  - of07-019
Y1  - 2022-06-27
ER  -