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Munafa ebook

Munafa ebook

Read Ebook: Indo-China and Its Primitive People by Baudesson Henry Holt E Appleby Translator

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Ebook has 1148 lines and 88005 words, and 23 pages

BOOK I

AMONG THE MO?

INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS

FAMILY LIFE

SOCIAL LIFE

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND RITES

RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS

RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS

BELIEFS AND RITES

ART AND CULTURE

INTELLECTUAL LIFE

BOOK II

THE CHAM

SOCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE

RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS

RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS

RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS

A Cham Chief and his Daughter 16

Laotian Barque under full sail 17

A Mo? Farmer at work 17

Fishing with Dynamite 26

A Floating Village 26

A Typical Village in Laos 27

Primitive Irrigation in Laos 27

Birth Ceremonies 54

The Wife of a Mo? Chief 55

A Little Mo? Family 55

A Sorcerer performing the Marriage Ceremony 64

Children scrambling over the Remains of the Marriage Feast 65

A Little Kha 78

Our Native Prisoners 78

The Village Musician serenading a Young Couple 79

A Hut of Propitiation 100

Tombs fenced with Bamboo and decorated with Elephants' Tusks 100

Woven Bamboo Baskets used to carry Offerings to the Priests 101

Memorial Stone erected to a Tiger 130

A Hunting Party 131

An Elephant and his Driver 131

The festival of the Dead: carrying home the Sacrificial Buffalo 160

The Festival of the Dead: Poles erected for the Celebration 161

Funeral Rites: the Body in a Coffin made from the Hollowed Trunk of a Tree 174

Funeral Rites: the Body by its weight has indicated its wish to be buried in this spot 175

A Medical Examination 186

Looking through the Stereoscope 186

Three Boys of our Native Guard 187

A Court of Trial on an Annamese Stage 204

A Group of Amateur Actors in Annam 205

A Mandarin of Annam 205

Royal Elephants in Cambodia 250

A Buddhist Procession 251

Image of a Departed Saint in a Phallic Temple 272

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