We Seek Our Roots: Oral Tradition in Biboki, West Timor (Studia Instituti Anthropos, 53)
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Masalai Press [10497], Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
385 pp., illustrations, bibliography. bottom corner bumped. This book describes the pattern of the daily life of the people of Biboki in West Timor -- Eastern Indonesia -- in terms of their efforts to affirm the "roots" of their daily lives. The core claim of this study is that oral traditions form the basis for which local people both trace their origins and at the same time endeavour to conceptualize their relationships with their fellow human beings and with the cosmos. It means that oral traditions are a fundamental tool for people in establishing their roots of life within a community and in assisting their efforts to establish authority within society. The chapters of the book present a range of genres of oral traditions, in conjunction with detailed exegesis and linguistic analysis in order to demonstrate the fundamental rote of these oral traditions within the life of the people. According to Bibokinese, the root of life is considered to be the ancestors and the Supreme Being represented in the heirlooms kept in traditional houses. Life in society should be based on performing rituals at the traditional house as a vital way to create and preserve a flourishing community. At each performance at the traditional house -- and also at other traditional sites where people hold rituals -- oral traditions become a key factor in maintaining links with the past. Books.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Masalai Press [10497], Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
385 pp., illustrations, bibliography. bottom corner bumped. This book describes the pattern of the daily life of the people of Biboki in West Timor -- Eastern Indonesia -- in terms of their efforts to affirm the "roots" of their daily lives. The core claim of this study is that oral traditions form the basis for which local people both trace their origins and at the same time endeavour to conceptualize their relationships with their fellow human beings and with the cosmos. It means that oral traditions are a fundamental tool for people in establishing their roots of life within a community and in assisting their efforts to establish authority within society. The chapters of the book present a range of genres of oral traditions, in conjunction with detailed exegesis and linguistic analysis in order to demonstrate the fundamental rote of these oral traditions within the life of the people. According to Bibokinese, the root of life is considered to be the ancestors and the Supreme Being represented in the heirlooms kept in traditional houses. Life in society should be based on performing rituals at the traditional house as a vital way to create and preserve a flourishing community. At each performance at the traditional house -- and also at other traditional sites where people hold rituals -- oral traditions become a key factor in maintaining links with the past.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, masalaipressde.
Die Beschreibung dieses Angebotes ist von geringer Qualität oder in einer Fremdsprache. Trotzdem anzeigen