Author: Purati, Dhanura Simha [ Purty, Dhanur Singh ]
Title: Kupula ema-ced, mana-manatina, paiti-panaitiko emana [ Ho'-disuma Ho' honako (Volume 3) ]
Description: Caibasa [Jharkhand], Jeviyara Ho' Onola Nitirako, n.d. [ca. 2007]. Reprint. orig. wrappers. 18x12cm, (4), 216 pp. Series: Ho'-disuma Ho' honako, Vol. 3.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Ho text (Munda language of Jharkhand in Devanagari script). Includes a 1- page English Foreword. "The Hos of Ho Country (in the Ho Language): Book 3:Hospitality; Chaibasa Market; Signs of Rain Coming; Other Subjects". [" This is the third book in a series of seven books written in Ho by Mr. Dhanur Singh Purty on Ho customs...The first essay on hospitality describes in detail how Hos receive and treat visiting guests. The second essay describes respect shown in different ways according to relationship within a family. In some cases, e.g. between a man's wife and his elder brothers, there are strict taboos...then there are three consecutive essays describing the work cycle of the main paddy crop right from the first ploughing of the field until the harvest has been stored away in the house...then there is a long essay on silkworm breeding...the next essay on the Chaibasa market gives some insights into the role (practical, social, even matrimonial) that the market plays in the life of a Ho; The next essay gives many ways in which by studying nature Hos can predict whether or not it will soon rain...finally there is an essay on a Ho villager's attitudes towards sickness and its treatment. These essays are all written in Mr. Purty's fluent Ho style..." - from Foreword].

Keywords: Munda Languages, Jharkhand, Social Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnography, India South Asia, Indian Ethnology, Austronesian, Mundari Language, Adivasi Tribal