ISBN:
0-391-02424-8
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978-0-391-02424-3
,
0-485-19554-2
,
978-0-485-19554-5
ISSN:
0077-1074
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 270 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Monographs on Social Anthropology 54
Keywords:
Malaysia Ethnie, Südostasien
;
Orang Asli
;
Animismus
;
Religion, traditionelle
;
Ethnopsychologie
;
Ethnographie
;
Kulturwandel
;
Kulturanthropologie
Abstract:
The Ma' Betisek are a group of aborigines who live on the mangrove coastal area of Selangor in peninsular Malaysia. Dr Karim's study is mainly focused on the Ma' Betisek communities on Carey Island, off the west coast of Selangor and in particular threevillages - Sungei Sialang, Sungei Mata and Sungei Bumbun. Few changes have taken place in the lives of the Betisek people on the island since 1975. On the mainland, the Ma' Betisek are busy keeping pace with development and modem life. However,despite increasing deforestation and new urban influences on the island, the Carey Island communities continue to preservetheir naturistic ideas of how humans should live with plants and animals. Dr Karim's research focuses on this issue.
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The historical and cultural background of the Ma' Betisek -- 3. Ma' Betisek concepts of tulah and kemali -- 4. Ma' Betisek myths -- 5. The economy of the Ma' Betisek and its relationship to tulah beliefs -- 6. Kemali' beliefs in the context of illnesses and shamanistic cures -- 7. Summary and conclusion -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 265 - 268; "This monograph is a modified version of my thesis, "The Belief System of the Ma' Betisék of Carey Island, Malaysia", submitted at the London School of Economics in 1977." (Preface)
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