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Badaga
Castes and tribes in southern India • 1 • Published In 1909 • Pages: 63-124
By: Thurston, Edgar, Rangachari, K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a dated and sometimes very cursory overview of selected aspects of Badaga history, society, and culture. The topics discussed by the authors include social organization, political organization, religious beliefs, and religious and funeral ceremonies. Letters, published travel accounts, and the Badaga provide the basis for this source.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- Burial practices and funerals
- Gender status
- Magic
- Priesthood
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Badaga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1832-1907
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu State and adjacent Kerala State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Edgar Thurston ; assisted by K. Rangachari
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 10014128
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Badaga (Indic people)