Book
Ma' Betisek concepts of living things
Athlone Press ; Humanities Press • (54) • Published In 1981 • Pages: xvi, 270
By: Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an analysis of the belief system of the Ma Betisek – a group of Selangor aborigines often referred to as Besisi of Mah Meri – in the context of ideas relating to the plant and animal world. These ideas are expressed in the ideologically opposed concepts of tulah and kemali. In tulah, for example, plants and animals are conceived of as being fundamentally different from humans and therefore can be utilized as a source of food, while in the opposing kemali view they are considered to be similar to humans and consequently should not be exploited as a food stuff. In this source these two views are analyzed contextually not only in terms of the symbolic thought patterns of the Ma Betisek per se, but also as these concepts apply to the mythology of the people, their economy, and ritual activities (especially in terms of shamanistic cures and treatment of illnesses).
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- 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; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1978
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81193629
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mah-Meri (Malaysian people)
- Mah-Meri (Malaysian people)--Religion