Book
The Iban and their religion
Oxford University Press • Oxford, Eng. • Published In 1974 • Pages: [xii], 242 , [6] of plates
By: Jensen, Erik.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic account of '…Iban behavior, the religious beliefs which are the basis for their way of life, the framework within which these exist, and the ends to which they are directed' (p. 5). Jensen notes that there has not been any systematic study of Iban religion and its significance for an understanding of social organization and systems of agriculture. The inter-relationship between these elements, however, is expressed by the Iban themselves through their concept of ADAT. This word, generally defined as 'customary law,' means more than that to the Iban. To the Iban, ADAT involves the basic values of life, including their system of agriculture, the code to which their society is ordered, as well as the 'correct' manner of behavior. Additional data in this work pertain to myths, beliefs in spirits, world view, seasonal rice cycles, and major agricultural rituals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Status, role, and prestige
- Music
- Literature
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Household
- Extended families
- Territorial hierarchy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Ritual
- Magicians and diviners
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iban
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1966 (p. vii)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Erik Jensen
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. [215]-220
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)