Taboo
A Study of Malagasy Customs and Beliefs
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Second Edition
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Trano Printy Loterana, Antananarivo (1970). (First Published 1960)
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Softcover Book
A detailed ethnographic study of fady, the complex system of taboos or superstitions that influence and govern the way the Malagasy live their lives.
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Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Hospitality
- Authority and Seniority
- Vintana or destiny
- Plant taboos
- Animal taboos
- Building houses and founding villages
- The Malagasy tomb
- Burial taboos
- The feast of the turning of the corpse
- Posthumous names
- The sacredness and impurity of the dead
- Fetich taboos
- Marriage taboos and sexual restrictions
- Pregnancy and birth
- Rules concerning circumcision
- Transgression, guilt, punishment
- Lifting of taboo
- The basic nature of the taboos
- Conclusion
- References
- Notes
- Index
- Map of tribes in Madagascar
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Categories
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Acknowledgement
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This item was kindly donated to the Madagascar Library collection by David Purbrick.
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