BARROS DUARTE, J.,
Timor. Ritos e Mitos Ataúros. First edn.
Lisboa, Instituta de Cultura e Lingua Portuguese, 1984. large 8°. Orig. stiff wraps., col. illustr. on front wrapper. 307pp. Ills. on 15 plates, of which some coloured, after orig. field-photos., some tables in text, footnotes, glossary timorese (tettum)-portuguese, bibliography, table of contents at very end. Important research into ceremonies and myths of the Ataúro-tribes of the territory of Portuguese Timor (:) marriage and birth, kinship-relations, traditional ceremonies and festivities, initiation-rites as filing of teeth, deatch and burial-ceremonies, life-cycle, mythology, cosmography, religion, &c. Good copy. (rubber stamp on recte of first blank, some very light dog-earing).
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Keywords: cultural anthropology ataúro tribe portuguese timor oriental leste colonialism ceremonies myths cosmography history life cycle burial kinship indonesia southeast asia