Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea
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Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea.
Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1975, 8vo, orig. bind, 292 s., engelsk tekst, fotoplansjer.
«The religion of the Baktaman, particularly their secret rites, and the meanings and knowledge which these rites embody, is the theme of this book. The analysis of ritual is a central anthropological problem, since the basic values and conceptualizations of a culture seem to be expressed in this mode. But people perform these rituals because they thereby — as in e.g. music and painting — can communicate ideas and messages which they cannot express in ordinary words. Precisely for this reason […]» — fra bakpermen
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Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea.
Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1975, 8vo, orig. bind, 292 s., engelsk tekst, fotoplansjer.
«The religion of the Baktaman, particularly their secret rites, and the meanings and knowledge which these rites embody, is the theme of this book. The analysis of ritual is a central anthropological problem, since the basic values and conceptualizations of a culture seem to be expressed in this mode. But people perform these rituals because they thereby — as in e.g. music and painting — can communicate ideas and messages which they cannot express in ordinary words. Precisely for this reason […]» — fra bakpermen
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