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Age grade system in Okinawan village: a case study of Matsubara, Miyako Island
Minzokugaku-kenkyu • 45 (1) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 32-50
By: Omoto Norio.
Abstract
In this paper, Omoto examines age groups on the island of Miyako, Okinawa. Age groups carry out various economic, political, and religious roles in the village, performing the same functions that descent groups do elsewhere in Okinawa. The migration of young people from the island since the 1960s has undermined the system and individual households have had to carry out some of the functions of the age groups.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard;2000
- Field Date
- 1972-1978
- Coverage Date
- 1940-1978
- Coverage Place
- Matsubara village, Hirara city, Miyako island, Okinawa, Japan
- Notes
- Omoto Norio
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 50)
- LCSH
- Ryukyuans