essay
The consecration of a priest
Bali: studies in life, thought, and ritual • 5 • Published In 1960 • Pages: 131-153, 383-384
By: Korn, Victor Emanuel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, which was first published in Dutch as a section in a larger collection entitled 'Bali: Studies in Life, Thought and Ritual', describes the institution of priesthood in Balinese society. It discusses the trainings and special consecration ceremonies candidate priests undergo to become priests.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Priesthood
- Vocational education
- Religious experience
- Organized ceremonial
- Gift giving
- Diet
- Avoidance and taboo
- Burial practices and funerals
- Purification and atonement
- Organized ceremonial
- Sanctions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Balinese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1913-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bali, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by V. E. Korn
- For bibliographical references see document 21:[Franken, et al]
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Balinese (Indonesian people)