Book
The Sherpas of Nepal: Buddhist highlanders
John Murray • London • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph provides an excellent background study of the ethnography of the Sherpas of the region of Khumbu, located at the foot of Mt. Everest in Nepal. Although emphasis is placed on Sherpa religion, especially on the monastic life, there are also abundant data on the geography and economy of the region, kinship and social organization, family life, the village political organization, and the values and moral concepts of the people. The author, accompanied by his wife, gathered the information for this study during several field trips to the area in the period of 1953-1962. This information was further supplemented with data provided by Sherpa informants, particularly Dorje Ngungdu of Khumjung.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Production and supply
- Ethnic stratification
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Lineages
- Clans
- Local officials
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Prophets and ascetics
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- Illegitimacy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sherpa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1990
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Scattered throughout Nepal, but mainly in southeastern Nepal in the Khumbu region, near Mt. Everest - especially villages of Khumjung and Kunde
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64025908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)