Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Soil

Status, Role, and Prestige

Age Stratification

Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Religious Denominations

Ethnogeography

Collecting

Fishing

Tillage

Arboriculture

Diet

Alcoholic Beverages

Lineages

Clans

Public Structures

Sodalities

Household

Polygamy

Sorcery

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Population

Composition of Population

Internal Migration

External Migration

Property System

Real Property

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Dwellings

Settlement Patterns

Travel

Routes

Boats

Mats and Basketry

Personal Grooming

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Visual Arts

Music

Musical Instruments

Mythology

Reviews and Critiques

Material Not Relevant

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

External Trade

Retail Marketing

Athletic Sports

Organized Ceremonial

Ceremonial During Infancy and Childhood

Ethos

Visiting and Hospitality

Child Care

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Hospitals and Clinics

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Medical Therapy

Magic

Sociocultural Trends

Cultural Participation

Urban and Rural Life

Gender Status

Ingroup Antagonisms

Inter-Community Relations

External Relations

Sanctions

Offenses Against the Person

Sex and Marital Offenses

Instigation of War

Domesticated Animals

Special Crops

Missions

Bibliographies in Sources

History

Political Movements

Eating

Exchange Transactions

Identification

Linguistic Identification

Division of Labor by Gender

Incorporeal Property

Inheritance

Social Readjustments to Death

Kinship Terminology

Speech

Writing

Life and Death

Dying

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Cosmology

Eschatology

Felted and Other Non-Interworked Fabrics

Normal Garb

General Tools

Utensils

CULTURE SUMMARY: SA

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Austronesian-speaking Sa of southern Pentecost Island live in nucleated villages and dispersed homesteads, practicing swidden horticulture (principally taro and yams) and fishing in rivers and coastal waters. The main social and political unit is the patrilineage. Christianity has ostensibly replaced ancestor worship, although traditional priests and sorcerers continue to practice.

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