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A magico-religious ceremony in connection with the disease of a Garo
Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology • (1) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 11-13
By: Mukherjee, Bhabananda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mukherjee witnessed a healing ceremony in the Garo village of Singbandagir at Adugiri in December 1953. Diseases are caused by spirits (MITE) and can be expected to be healed by a ceremony in which incantations and animal sacrifices are of main importance. A priest (KAMAL) learns about the kind of disease-causing spirit through divination before the healing ceremony can be started. Christians as well as non-Christians participate in and contribute to the ceremony.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magical and mental therapy
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Priesthood
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South 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.
- 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
- Sigrid Khera ; John Beierle ; 1970-1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- December 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Singbandagir, Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Bhabananda Mukherjee
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84644118
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)