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A chapter of Santal folkloreessay 1940 • Bodding, P. O. (Paul Olaf)
Santal • Asia > South Asia
This work provides a sample of Santal folk-tales taken from the oral literature of the people and prepared for the author in written form (in Santali), by Sagram Murmu, one of Bodding's principal informants. The English translation, as presented here...Traditions and institutions of the SantalsBook 1942 • Skrefsrud, Lars Olsen et al.
Santal • Asia > South Asia
This is an account of 19th century Santal culture. It was dictated by an old Santal man with outstanding knowledge of native traditions. The account contains good information on social structure and organization, religion, life cycle ceremonies, sett...