FEASTS OF HONOR
RITUAL AND CHANGE IN THE TORAJA HIGHLAND
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:1st Sep '86
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Among the Toraja of highland Sulawesi, Indonesia, mortuary rituals are great performances. Bellowing water buffalo and squealing pigs for sacrifice, colorful displays of ritual architecture, and formal processions of gift-bearing guests set the scene for complex dramas about status, human value, and ties to ancestors, followers, and kin. To Indonesians throughout the archipelago, Toraja rituals have come to represent the cultural identity of this well-known group. Feasts of Honor is an exploration of these rituals, their changing meanings, and the lively dialogues they have sparked within Toraja culture, from the Dutch Colonial period to the recent era of nationalism, tourism, and migration.
ISBN: 9780252011832
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 399g
234 pages