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On giving salt to buffaloes: ritual as communication
Ethnology • 7 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 411-426
By: Hockings, Paul.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source focuses on an analysis of the ceremonial events of the biannual (sometimes triannual) ritual of giving salt to the buffaloes. The author intends his analysis as a response to Wallace's (1966) argument that ritual is communication without information.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Domesticated animals
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Ethnobotany
- Avoidance and taboo
- 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
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1963
- 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, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul Hockings
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 426)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Badaga (Indic people)