Language:
English
Edition:
eHRAF World Cultures
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Lepcha (South Asian people)
Abstract:
The Lepcha inhabit the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, primarily located in the states of Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling District), India. Some Lepcha also live in Nepal and Bhutan. It is believed the Lepcha originally came from either Mongolia or Tibet. The Lepcha language is classified in the Tibeto-Burman family. The Lepcha adopted the Tibetan Buddhist religion. This collection on the Lepcha contains 13 documents that focus on the Lepcha in India and on the time period from the late 1800s up until ca. 1950. Except for Foning who is a native Lepcha and lived in the region from 1938 to 1984, all the documents are based on research conducted before 1953. The earliest works are an Risley's anthropometric study from 1886-1888 and Waddell's collection of songs from 1891. Gorer and Siiger have written the most complete monographs on the Lepcha. Gorer's traveling companion, Morris, has written a more popular account. In a series of articles translated from the German, Nebesky-Wojkowitz writes about hunting and fishing, legends, religious paraphernalia, and funerals. Jest also writes about Lepcha religion and Hermanns on Lepcha myths
Description / Table of Contents:
Lepcha - Jay DiMaggio - 2003 -- - Himalayan village: an account of the Lepchas of Sikkim - [by] Geoffrey Gorer ; with an introduction by J. H. Hutton ... - 1938 -- - Living with Lepchas: a book about the Sikkim Himalayas - by John Morris, who also took the photographs which illustrate it - 1938 -- - Hunting and fishing among the Lepchas - R. de Nebesky-Wojkowitz - 1953 -- - Ancient funeral ceremonies of the Lepchas - R. Nebesky de Wojkowitz - 1952 -- - The use of thread-crosses in Lepcha lamaist ceremonies - R. von Nebesky-Wojkowitz and Geoffrey Gorer - 1951 -- - The Lepcha legend of the building of the tower - by RenéNebesky-Wojkowitz - 1953 -- - New acquisitions from Sikkim and Tibet - René Nebesky-Wojkowitz - 1953 -- - The tribes and castes of Bengal - [by] H.H. Risley - 1891 --^
Description / Table of Contents:
The Indo-Tibetans and Mongoloid problem in the southern Himalaya and north-northeast India - [by] Fr. Matthias Hermanns - 1954 -- - Lepcha: my vanishing tribe - A.R. Foning - 1987 -- - The Lepchas: culture and religion of a Himalayan people, part 1 - by Halfdan Siiger - 1967 -- - Religious beliefs of the Lepchas in the Kalimpong District (West Bengal) - M. Corneille Jest - 1960
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