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Some aspects of Nayar life
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 48 • Published In 1918 • Pages: 254-293
By: Panikkar, K. M. (Kavalam Madhava).
Abstract
This source consists of a series of notes on various aspects of the ethnography of the Nayar caste, with particular emphasis on village organization, family life, marriage customs, birth and funeral ceremonies, religion and magic, and material culture. It concludes with notes on the origin of the word "Nayar," a critique of a theory on the intertwined origins of the Toda people and the Nayars, and the rejection of a theory of Nayar polyandry.
- Subjects
- Castes
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Property system
- Kinship terminology
- Purification and atonement
- General sex restrictions
- Family relationships
- Arranging a marriage
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Ethnosociology
- Termination of marriage
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Community structure
- Regulation of marriage
- Polygamy
- Gender status
- Special unions and marriages
- culture
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1966-1968
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1913-1918
- Coverage Place
- northern Kerala, India
- Notes
- K. M. Panikkar
- See cat. 116, pp. 271-272, 293 for author's strong denial, based on lack of clear evidence, that polyandry was ever practiced by the Nayars.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- sn 79006341
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)