Mortuary ritual of the Badagas of Southern India
By: Paul Hockings.
Series: Fieldiana -- new ser., no. 32; Publication -- 1512; Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) -- 1512.
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Subjects: Badaga (Indic people) -- Funeral customs and rites.; Badaga (Indic people) -- Religion.; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- India -- Nilgiri Hills.; Nilgiri Hills (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Table of contents: value: The Badagas; value: The ebb of life; value: Preparation for a funeral: The moments before death; value: Preparation for the ceremony; value: The funeral: Taking away the corpse; value: Display of the corpse; value: The procession; value: Badaga funerals: a photo essay; value: The ultimate separation: Burial of the dead; value: Cremation; value: Concluding remarks; value: Commemoration of the ancestors; value: Funeral symbolism: some conclusions.