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Tonkinese beliefs regarding the protection of children
Institut Indochinois pour l'étude de l'Homme, Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Année 1938 • 1 • Published In 1938 • Pages: HRAF ms.: 14 [original:75-78 ]
By: Nguyen, Văn Khoan, Stewart, Elinor.
Abstract
This is a detailed account of the Tonkinese practice of 'selling' children to spirits, for their protection. The author, who is with the école Française d'Extreme-Orient, presented this paper at a meeting of the Institute Indochinois pour l'étude de l'Homme in 1938.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Thomas Maretzki ; 1952; Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Northerm Vietnam
- Notes
- [by] Nguyen-Van-Khoan
- Translation of: [Croyances tonkinoises relatives à la protection de l'enfance]
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Elinor Stewart ca. 1950
- LCSH
- Vietnamese