The Khasis
Author: P.R.T. Gurdon
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-07-28
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 3752361131
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The Missionary Among the Khasis
The History and Culture of the Khasi People
The Bodleian Quarterly Record
The Khasi Canvas
Author: Jyotirindra Nath Chowdhury
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13:
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Sacred Groves
Author: Dr. Anjum Azaz
Publisher: Sankalp Publication
Published:
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9391173411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →: Sacred groves are untouched plots of land that are secluded by the people inhabiting near them, primarily for religious purposes. The popular conception of a grove is a collection of exceptionally well-formed trees set in a place of outstanding natural beauty. These patches of land can be of varying sizes and shapes. It is believed that arborolatry is one of the earliest forms of worship in this world. It occupies an important place in folklore. There are innumerable examples of oral literature encircling around trees. Examples of reverence of trees in Indian mythology are multiple. We know about many proverbs and riddles that discuss the dreadful side of forests. In many of the Hindu rituals, we find marriage songs completely dedicated to herbs such as tulasi, etc. Tree worship also constitutes a major portion of the social folk customs of the people. By studying the role trees and plants play in a particular society, their significance is known. In addition, information about the socio-cultural and religion lives of the people of that particular community can also be studied.
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Death and Dying in Northeast India
Author: Parjanya Sen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-07-20
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1000904660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book formulates a new pedagogy of death with regard to Northeast India and shows how this pedagogy offers an understanding of alternative knowledge systems and epistemes. In documenting a range of customs and practices pertaining to death, dying and the afterlife among the diverse ethnic communities of Northeast India, the book offers new soteriological, epistemological, sociological and phenomenological perspectives on death. Through an examination of these eschatological practices and their anthropological, theological and cultural moorings, the book aims to reach an understanding of notions of indigeneity with regard to Northeast India. The contributors to this book draw upon a range of subjects— from songs, literary texts, monuments, relics and funerary objects to biographies to folktales to stories of spirit possessions and supernatural encounters. It collates the research of scholars primarily from Northeast India, but also from Eastern India and offers an interdisciplinary analysis of these various belief systems and practices. This book will of interest to those researchers and scholars interested in South Asia in general and Northeast India in particular, and also to those interested in the social anthropology of religion, cultural studies, indigenous studies, folklore studies and Himalayan studies.
The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780819601674
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes works first published during the period 1933-36. Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of "The Golden Bough."
On the Practice of Sociology
Author: Pitirim A. Sorokin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998-08-15
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226768281
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sorokin (1889-1968) rose from a peasant childhood in Russia to become one of the most erudite, insightful, and critical figures in the history of sociology. He was, however, considered both a pioneer and an outcast. Essays range from his early Russian years to his final works in the 60s, this collection provides a much-needed introduction to one of sociology's most controversial thinkers.
