Book
The Garos
David Nutt • London • Published In 1909 • Pages:
By: Playfair, Alan.
Abstract
This is a detailed ethnographic description of the Garo, dating from the first decade of the twentieth century. This volume is divided into seven sections (a general introduction, domestic life, laws and customs, religion, folklore, miscellaneous, and language) and six appendices, mostly vocabularies. A large number of myths are recorded in native text together with translation.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sigrid Khera ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1969-1974
- Field Date
- ca. 1908
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1908
- Coverage Place
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- Notes
- [by] Major A. Playfair ; with an introd. by J. Bampfylde Fuller
- Includes index
- LCCN
- 12024506
- LCSH
- Garo (Indic people)