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Notes on the customs and popular superstitions of the Annamese
Excursions et Reconnaissances • 2 (6) • Published In 1880 • Pages: 447-464
By: Landes, A., Strauss, Mrs. M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is one of a series of articles on Annamese customs which were published between 1880 and 1883. Landes was one-time mayor of Cholon, and the data for these articles evidently are the result of some years of experience and observation as a resident of Cochinchina. This article includes material on miscarriages and the popular practices to avoid them; the beliefs, practices and ceremonies connected with pregnancy and childbirth; sorcery with emphasis on the use of the magical NGAI plant; poisoners; funeral ceremonies for drowned persons; the dolphin as an object of veneration; a short but interesting discussion of jargon in the form of both a special vocabulary and systematic changes in the form of words; and actors and the mechanics of theatrical productions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Special languages
- Musical and theatrical productions
- Sorcery
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Ethnozoology
- Pregnancy
- Difficult and unusual births
- Postnatal care
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Roseanne Mandler ; 1953: John Beierle ; 2006
- 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
- ca. 1880
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern (NAM BO) Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] A. Landes
- Translation of: [Notes sur les moeurs et les superstitions populaires des Annamites]
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Mrs. M. Strauss
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese