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On giving salt to buffaloes: ritual as communication
Ethnology • 7 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 411-426
By: Hockings, Paul.
Abstract
This source focuses on an analysis of the ceremonial events of the biannual (sometimes triannual) ritual of giving salt to the buffaloes. The author intends his analysis as a response to Wallace's (1966) argument that ritual is communication without information.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field Date
- 1962-1963
- Coverage Date
- 1962-1963
- Coverage Place
- Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu State, India
- Notes
- Paul Hockings
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 426)
- LCCN
- 64005713
- LCSH
- Badaga (Indic people)