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Literary form in Bajau Laut riddles
Sarawak Museum journal • 23 (44) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 187-206
By: Sather, Clifford.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an interpretive analysis of the forms and social functions of popular riddles and tales in Sama-Bajau culture. It shows the high regard for wit and verbal adeptness evident in riddles. Together, riddles and tales served as important mechanisms in dispute resolution and community decision-making, while still entertaining both the storyteller and audience.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Fishing
- Verbal arts
- Games
- Leisure time activities
- Social control
- Ethnopsychology
- Texts in the speaker's language
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sama-Bajau
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kampong Bangau-Bangau, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Clifford Sather
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11017444
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)