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A few taboos among the Annamites of Tonkin
Institut Indochinois por l'étude de l'Homme, Bulletins et Travaux pour 1940 • 3 • Published In 1942 • Pages: 31-37
By: Ngô-Quy-Son, Messner, Charles A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a concise survey of Tonkinese taboos. Although there is no reference to fieldwork by the author, a native Vietnamese, the article seems to be based on first-hand knowledge and adequate anthropological research.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Housekeeping
- Rest days and holidays
- Accumulation of wealth
- Regulation of marriage
- Kin relationships
- Spirits and gods
- Luck and chance
- Sacred objects and places
- Avoidance and taboo
- Numerology
- Ethnobotany
- Menstruation
- Pregnancy
- Difficult and unusual births
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Vietnamese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Jean U. Mensch ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Ngô-Quy-Son
- Translation of: [De quelques interdits chez les Annamites du Tonkin]
- Only general discussions and taboos not otherwise classifiable have been indexed for 784. For specific taboos, appropriate cultural categories must be consulted
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Charles Messner.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese