Book
The Muria and their ghotul
Oxford University Press • Bombay • Published In 1947 • Pages:
By: Elwin, Verrier.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The first part of the book deals with Muria culture generally, as a context in which to set the [n]ghotul[/n].. There are descriptive sections on food-getting, kinship, the life-cycle, religion, legend, etc. The second portion of the book deals with the communal dwelling where the young people of the Gond villages live, the [n]ghotul[/n]. The author describes the buildings, membership, and the activities of the [n]ghotul[/n], including sexual, ceremonial participation, dances, games, and other recreations. There is a short appendix by A. N. Mitchell on the language of the Muria, and four other appendices treating ghotul titles, census data, a list of ghotul villages, and a summary of marriage data presented throughout the work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Adolescent activities
- Nuptials
- Literary texts
- Music
- Burial practices and funerals
- Spirits and gods
- Comparative evidence
- Sex
- Dance
- Games
- Settlement patterns
- Linguistic identification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gond
- 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
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- James Leary; 1958: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Muria Gond, Bastar State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Verrier Elwin
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48019337
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Muria (Indic people)
- Primitive societies
- Adolescence
- Dormitories