Santal
Contributors: Biswas, P. C. (Prafullo Chandra), 1904-1984; Bodding, P. O. (Paul Olaf), 1865-1938; Carrin, Marine; Culshaw, W. J.; Kochar, Vijay, 1934-; Mukherjea, Charulal; Orans, Martin; Skrefsrud, L. O. (Lars Olsen), 1840-1910; Human Relations Area Files, inc
Series: eHRAF world cultures. Asia; eHRAF world cultures
Publisher: Human Relations Area Files
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Santal (South Asian people); Ethnology; Civilization
Other titles: Indian and Central Asian miscellanies. Selections.
Description: The Santal are the largest of the tribal populations in South Asia. They live in India in the adjoining provinces of Bihar, West Bengal, and Orissa. This file consists of 10 documents. The most comprehensive of these are the works of Skrefsrud, Mukherjea, Biswas, Culshaw, Archer (1974), Carrin-Bouez, and Kochar. These works, in conjunction the other documents, cover a wide range of topics in the field of general ethnography with particular emphasis on culture history, regional differences within the culture, life cycle events, poetry and songs, ceremonies and festivals, sex, love, tribal law, cultural change, and folk-tales. The time coverage for this file extends from approximately 1820 to 1989, with heavy reliance on data coming from the Santal Parganas district.
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