Khasi Society of Meghalaya
Author: Aurelius Kyrham Nongkinrih
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9788173871375
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Study based on Kongthong village in Meghalaya, India.
Author: Aurelius Kyrham Nongkinrih
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9788173871375
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Study based on Kongthong village in Meghalaya, India.
Author: N. K. Dev
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9788187502890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Soumen Sen
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Papers presented at the Seminar on the Status of Women in the Tribal Culture of Meghalaya, organized by Centre for Literary and Cultural Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, in July 1988.
Author: Pariyaram Mathew Chacko
Publisher: Daya Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9788186030691
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Papers presented at a one-day seminar.
Author: Hamlet Bareh
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9788185319681
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Book Apart From The Early History Of The Khasis Covers The Period Right Through The Birth Of Meghalaya And In Respect Of Subjects Like Literature, Education Etc. Has Been Considerably Updated Right Upto The Mid Eighties.
Author: Pranab Kumar Das Gupta
Publisher:
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9788121002479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dr. Das Gupta's study unveils a panorama of tribal life on the sprawling, southern slope sof Meghalaya-the home of clouds Sponsored by the Anthropological Survey of India, it focusses on the Wars (a sub-group of the Khasi tribe), their history, goegraphical environment, material culture, economy, politics, religion and social structure in an effort to highlight the salient features of the life and culture of the trbe. Relevantly, therefore, the author seeks to demonstrate hwo the matrilineal, endogamous Wars, despite their certain similarities withthe Khasi tribe are different in dialect, political organisation, social customs and manners, and broadly, how they compare with the other matrilineal tribal cultures of the world. The outcome of the author's painstaking extensive fieldwork, this ethnographic study of the War Khasis embraces almost every facet of the tribe's life and culture, describing the characteristic War Khasi village, home agriculture, livestokc, tools, dress, ornaments, vocations, domestic chores, hunting pursuits, armoury, means of travel, recreatioins, pastimes, family, clan, marraige, divorce. kinship, rules of inheritance (which are of great theoretical importance to social anthropologists), social practices, beliefs, muths superstitions, funeral rites, and a lot more.
Author: Sharmila Das Talukdar
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9788187502852
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