Author: Timour Claquin Chambugong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782881040528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Songsarek Garo of Meghalaya
Author: Timour Claquin Chambugong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782881040528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782881040528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya
Author: Queenbala Marak
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000071820
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The state of Meghalaya, formed on 21 January 1972, is a state of fascinating socio-cultural significance. Its heritage can be traced from the prehistoric times of Stone Age up to the present. Though comprising mainly of the matrilineal Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia tribes – the state also houses many other lesser known communities such as the Hajong,Sakachep, Biate, Koch, Dalu, Margnar and the Nepali. All these communities find voice in this volume. This book looks at the state of Meghalaya exhaustively from the perspective of heritage documentation and maintenance. The 38 chapters written by anthropologists and independent researchers, present the rich traditions found in the region. This volume will be of great help to academicians, researchers, students, and laymen interested in a comprehensive study of the region. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000071820
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The state of Meghalaya, formed on 21 January 1972, is a state of fascinating socio-cultural significance. Its heritage can be traced from the prehistoric times of Stone Age up to the present. Though comprising mainly of the matrilineal Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia tribes – the state also houses many other lesser known communities such as the Hajong,Sakachep, Biate, Koch, Dalu, Margnar and the Nepali. All these communities find voice in this volume. This book looks at the state of Meghalaya exhaustively from the perspective of heritage documentation and maintenance. The 38 chapters written by anthropologists and independent researchers, present the rich traditions found in the region. This volume will be of great help to academicians, researchers, students, and laymen interested in a comprehensive study of the region. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
Social Institutions of the Garo of Meghalaya
Author: Madhab Chandra Goswami
Publisher: Calcutta : Nababharat Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Garo (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Calcutta : Nababharat Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Garo (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Garos
Author: Alan Playfair
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788185319780
Category : Garo (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788185319780
Category : Garo (Indic people)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A Study of Culture Change in Two Garo Villages of Meghalaya
Author: Dhirendra Narayan Majumdar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acculturation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acculturation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Reworking Culture
Author: Erik de Maaker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 8195111270
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India provides intimate insights into the lives of Garo hill farmers, and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focusing on the ongoing reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book reveals the inadequacy of the all too often assumed characterization of upland societies as culturally homogenous, internally cohesive, and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book focuses on a rural area where land constitutes the most important resource, and where a substantial number of people practise traditional Garo animism. The book explores how people create and continually reinterpret the multiple relationships that connect them as a community, to the spirits, and to the land. These relationships are embedded in normative frameworks that call for compliance, yet leave room for ambiguity and negotiation. Far from being immutable, these need to be constantly expressed, (re-)interpreted, and enacted. The book thus shows how Garo traditions, referred to as niam, are continuously revised and reworked in response to new economic and political opportunities, as well as to changes in the ontological landscape.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 8195111270
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Reworking Culture: Relatedness, Rites, and Resources in Garo Hills, North-East India provides intimate insights into the lives of Garo hill farmers, and the challenges they face in day-to-day life. Focusing on the ongoing reinterpretation of traditions, or customs, the book reveals the inadequacy of the all too often assumed characterization of upland societies as culturally homogenous, internally cohesive, and unchanging. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book focuses on a rural area where land constitutes the most important resource, and where a substantial number of people practise traditional Garo animism. The book explores how people create and continually reinterpret the multiple relationships that connect them as a community, to the spirits, and to the land. These relationships are embedded in normative frameworks that call for compliance, yet leave room for ambiguity and negotiation. Far from being immutable, these need to be constantly expressed, (re-)interpreted, and enacted. The book thus shows how Garo traditions, referred to as niam, are continuously revised and reworked in response to new economic and political opportunities, as well as to changes in the ontological landscape.
Atong Texts
Author: Seino van Breugel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004378251
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Atong Texts by Seino van Breugel consists of a collection of 37 glossed, annotated and translated narratives in the Atong language (Tibeto-Burman) of Meghalaya, India, presented in phonemic standard orthography. This testimony of cultural and linguistic heritage of the Atongs, who are members of the Garo Tribe, complements the author’s Grammar of Atong, also published by Brill. Each text is preceded by a systematic literary analysis. The photos in the appendix provide a visual impression of the environment in which the stories are told. This book is of great value to Tibeto-Burmanists, general linguists, discourse analysts and everyone interested in the languages, history and folklore of Northeast-India in general, and Meghalaya in particular.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004378251
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Atong Texts by Seino van Breugel consists of a collection of 37 glossed, annotated and translated narratives in the Atong language (Tibeto-Burman) of Meghalaya, India, presented in phonemic standard orthography. This testimony of cultural and linguistic heritage of the Atongs, who are members of the Garo Tribe, complements the author’s Grammar of Atong, also published by Brill. Each text is preceded by a systematic literary analysis. The photos in the appendix provide a visual impression of the environment in which the stories are told. This book is of great value to Tibeto-Burmanists, general linguists, discourse analysts and everyone interested in the languages, history and folklore of Northeast-India in general, and Meghalaya in particular.
Rengsanggri
Author: Robbins Burling
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512814970
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512814970
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Jiye of South Sudan
Author: Gustaaf Verswijver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782881040559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782881040559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Surreal Symphony of Nature
Author: Subroto Bhattacharjee
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Here is an invitation to explore the state of Meghalaya like never before. In addition to being enticed to travel to some interesting places in the state, be preparedto be fascinated by some riveting cultural, social and political nuggets that the book brings to its readers. Know how Meghalaya was formed from the parent state of Assam and how far the state has come in terms of development. Be inspired by some stalwarts of the state. Feel awed by the undaunting spirit of Tirot Sing Syiem. Do you know who he was? Would you like to know about the first woman from Meghalaya to be a member of the Parliament? Can you guess which erstwhile union minister and Lok Sabha speaker walked from his village for days and nights, alone, as a child, in the hope and pursuit of education? Places and people are not the sum total of mere facts. Let yourself be regaled by folklores, legends, myths and even rumours and scandals relating to some of the places. What sinister practice is said to have been prevalent in a centuries old Durga Temple? Then there are the centuries old festivals that inform the present generation of their roots and captivate national and international tourists. Have you heard of The Festival of the Hundred Drums? Be it the serenity of a remote picturesque village in a river island or the surprise of an entomological museum that finds mention in a world famous travel guidebook or the thrill of a challenging terrain of one of the oldest golf courses in the country or the sheer spectacle of a man-made lake that is believed to have been formed of a sister’s tears, this book offers to evoke a gamut of emotions in the readers.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Here is an invitation to explore the state of Meghalaya like never before. In addition to being enticed to travel to some interesting places in the state, be preparedto be fascinated by some riveting cultural, social and political nuggets that the book brings to its readers. Know how Meghalaya was formed from the parent state of Assam and how far the state has come in terms of development. Be inspired by some stalwarts of the state. Feel awed by the undaunting spirit of Tirot Sing Syiem. Do you know who he was? Would you like to know about the first woman from Meghalaya to be a member of the Parliament? Can you guess which erstwhile union minister and Lok Sabha speaker walked from his village for days and nights, alone, as a child, in the hope and pursuit of education? Places and people are not the sum total of mere facts. Let yourself be regaled by folklores, legends, myths and even rumours and scandals relating to some of the places. What sinister practice is said to have been prevalent in a centuries old Durga Temple? Then there are the centuries old festivals that inform the present generation of their roots and captivate national and international tourists. Have you heard of The Festival of the Hundred Drums? Be it the serenity of a remote picturesque village in a river island or the surprise of an entomological museum that finds mention in a world famous travel guidebook or the thrill of a challenging terrain of one of the oldest golf courses in the country or the sheer spectacle of a man-made lake that is believed to have been formed of a sister’s tears, this book offers to evoke a gamut of emotions in the readers.