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Culture summary: Mara
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 2023 • Pages:
By: Page, Hugh R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Mara people. Information is presented on major aspects of Mara culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2023
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Theologian
- Theologian
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1924-1988
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Siaha, Mizoram, India; west-central Chin state, Burma (Myanmar)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hugh R. Page, Jr.
- This culture summary is from the article "Lakher" by Hugh R. Page, Jr. in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 3, South Asia. Paul Hockings, ed. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1992. Population figures were updated and the sections “History and Cultural Relations” and “Conflict” were modified by Leon G. Doyon in May, 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Lakher (Asian people)