article
Health as a social condition
Folk • 40 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 57-69
By: Platenkamp, Jos. D. M..
Abstract
The Tobelo tie illness to elements of traditional religion, believing one’s health depends on properly performing periodic sacrifices to the ancestors and other regular rituals. Illness is regarded as the result of an imbalance in the exchange between the living and the dead, so the main aim of Tobelo healing practices is to restore the relationship by following prescribed rituals. The author addresses the implications for an expansion of modern Western biomedical services.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field Date
- 1979-1980, 1982
- Coverage Date
- 1979-1982
- Coverage Place
- northern Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia
- Notes
- Jos. D. M. Platenkamp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69)
- LCCN
- 61025545
- LCSH
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)