Book
Traditions and institutions of the Santals
Oslo Etnografiske Museum • Oslo • Published In 1942 • Pages: viii, 198
By: Skrefsrud, Lars Olsen, Bodding, P. O. (Paul Olaf), Konow, Sten.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of 19th century Santal culture. It was dictated by an old Santal man with outstanding knowledge of native traditions. The account contains good information on social structure and organization, religion, life cycle ceremonies, settlement pattern, entertainment and the relationship to the Hindus. There is also an account on the Santal rebellion against Hindu oppressors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Literary texts
- Nuptials
- Sorcery
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Santal
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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 ; 1969-1970
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1870-1871
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800 - 1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Translated with notes and additions by P. O. Bodding ; from the Santali text published 1887 by L. O. Skrefsrud ; after the translator's death edited by Sten Konow
- Translation of: [Horkoren Mare Hapramko Reak' Katha]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ltf90039363
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Santal (South Asian people)