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A magico-religious ceremony in connection with the disease of a Garoarticle 1962 • Mukherjee, Bhabananda
Garo • Asia > South Asia
Mukherjee witnessed a healing ceremony in the Garo village of Singbandagir at Adugiri in December 1953. Diseases are caused by spirits (MITE) and can be expected to be healed by a ceremony in which incantations and animal sacrifices are of main impor...Social groupings among the Khasis of Assamarticle 1958 • Mukherjee, Bhabananda
Khasi • Asia > South Asia
This article deals exclusively with Khasi kin groupings, i.e., clan (sib), sub-clan, family, household, etc., and some mention is made of the possible effects of modern conditions on family life. Mukherjee gives a fairly clear breakdown of these grou...