Book
Fire of Himal: an anthropological study of the Sherpas of Nepal Himalayan region
Nirala Publications • Jaipur • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Kunwar, Ramesh Raj.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kunwar has written a comparative study of three Sherpa villages, in which he discusses ecology, subsistence, diet, marriage, and village and clan organization. His major focus is the syncretic religion of the Sherpa, a mixture of animism and Buddhism. According to Kunwar, the more archaic animist beliefs persist because of the Sherpas continued close-to-nature way of life. He provides a detailed discussion of the different Buddhist sects and their history and examines some of the changes that have occurred with tourism and mountain climbing. Lamas play an important role in village life and temples and monasteries are important components of social and political organization above the village level.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Pastoral activities
- Diet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Settlement patterns
- Marriage
- Clans
- Community structure
- Theological systems
- Prophets and ascetics
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1984-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Solukhumba and Dolakha Districts, Nepal
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ramesh Raj Kunwar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89901782
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)