Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- The contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Etiquette in Kodi spirit communication: the lips told to pronounce, the mouths told to speak
- 2 Method in the metaphor: the ritual language of Wanukaka
- 3 Li'i marapu: speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba
- 4 The Pattern of Prayer in Weyéwa
- 5 Fashioned speech, full communication: aspects of eastern Sumbanese ritual language
- 6 Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path: theme, narrative, and formula in Rotinese ritual language
- 7 The case of the purloined statues: the power of words among the Lionese
- 8 The journey of the bridegroom: idioms of marriage among the Endenese
- 9 A quest for the source: the ontogenesis of a creation myth of the Ata Tana Ai
- 10 The Tree of Desire: A Toraja ritual poem
- Notes
- References
- Index
3 - Li'i marapu: speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- The contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Etiquette in Kodi spirit communication: the lips told to pronounce, the mouths told to speak
- 2 Method in the metaphor: the ritual language of Wanukaka
- 3 Li'i marapu: speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba
- 4 The Pattern of Prayer in Weyéwa
- 5 Fashioned speech, full communication: aspects of eastern Sumbanese ritual language
- 6 Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path: theme, narrative, and formula in Rotinese ritual language
- 7 The case of the purloined statues: the power of words among the Lionese
- 8 The journey of the bridegroom: idioms of marriage among the Endenese
- 9 A quest for the source: the ontogenesis of a creation myth of the Ata Tana Ai
- 10 The Tree of Desire: A Toraja ritual poem
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- To Speak in PairsEssays on the Ritual Languages of eastern Indonesia, pp. 87 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988
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