Tetum Ghosts and Kin

Judul	:	Tetum Ghosts and Kin
Penulis	:	David Hicks
Penerbit	:	Waveland Press, Inc.
Bahasa	:	Inggris
Tahun Cetak	:	1988
Halaman	:	143
ISBN	:	0-88133-320-4
Sumber	:	https://watugaricoelho.files.wordpress.com/
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My chief purpose in this book is to show how ritual in a nonliterate community brings together many different facets of that community’s culture— religious beliefs, kinship practices, literature, ecology, even the architecture of the house—and unites them in a comprehensive system. The community in this case is the population of the two villages of Mamulak and Mane Hat, which together make up the aristocratic half of a princedom known as Caraubalo. This princedom is found in one of the three main regions inhabited by the Tetum people of eastern Indonesia, among whom I lived and worked for fifteen months. Certain details of culture in Mamulak differ from those in Mane Hat, and I shall point these out when necessary. Otherwise, when making observations common to both villages I shall use the names Mamulak and Mane Hat interchangeably.