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LametBook 1951 • Izikowitz, Karl Gustav
Rmeet • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book focuses is on the organization of rice cultivation, religious practices, resource exchange, and community life. Much of the discussion is devoted to showing the centrality of swidden cultivation, with plots shifting every twelve to fifteen ...The community house of the Lametessay 1985 • Izikowitz, Karl Gustav
Rmeet • Asia > Southeast Asia
Rmeet (Lamet) villages typically include a centrally located communal house in which all men—whether married adults, dependent elders, or young bachelors—are expected to spend a considerable part of their time when not farming. This essay describes t...Scenographie Lametessay 1985 • Izikowitz, Karl Gustav
Rmeet • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this essay the author discusses the architecture and design of Rmeet (Lamet) homes, public houses and overall settlement pattern with respect to agricultural practices, cosmology and social structure, noting how space is used and by whom....Fastening the soulessay 1985 • Izikowitz, Karl Gustav
Rmeet • Asia > Southeast Asia
Rmeet (Lamet) religion recognizes several spirits and supernatural beings believed to reside in human body parts, particular locations within villages, certain crops (most notably rice) and animals, and some natural features and entities. This essay ...