Author: MINTARDJA RIKIN, W.,
Title: Ngabersihan als knoop in de Tali Paranti. Bijdrage tot het verstaan van de besnijdenis der Sundanezen. Orig. thesis [Leyden university].
Description: Meppel, 1973. Square small 8°, orig. limp lettered wraps., 194pp. Footnotes, register of sundanese, javanese and low-malay terms, bibliogr., summaries in English & Bahasa Indonesia. 'Tali Paranti' (:string of traditions = Adat or customary law amongst the Sundanese) in which Islam is integrated. With as subject-matter coming of age, circumcision and incision, the position of women whin maarriage, controversy betwee Islam and Christianization. Still an important monograph. Good copy.

Keywords: thesis science sundanese islam initiation javanese circumcision incision anthropology indonesia java ritual heritage culture southeast asia ceremony tradition indonesia culture heritage