Traditions And Institutions Of The Santals

Book Code: 1111008613954

P.O. Bodding

Traditions and Institutions of the Santals About The Book This book is almost a classic. In 1887, late Rev. L.O. Skrefsrud had published, The Traditions and Institutions of the Santhals, Horkaren Mare Hapramko reak Katha as a guide for Santals, It was re-edited by P.O. Bodding in 1916. and 1929, with some eminent Santals. However, having porved impossible, to get the translation published before the author’s death, the manuscript was left in the core of Prof. O. Solberg. Later, it was forestry, edited by Sten Known. Now, this edition is being made available of the benefit of scholar is Tribal Studies and Anthropology and particularly for those, working on Satal literature and culture. Contents Editor’s Preface • Foreword by P.O. Bodding • All in Connexion with Marriage • When a Married Son Lives in the House of His Father • Husband and Wife in Their Own Home • Village Life • Concerning Pleasure and Joy • Crime and Its Punishment • Religion and Worship • Beliefs Connected with the Bongas • Death and Final Funeral Ceremonies • About the Other World • Added Account by Old Jugia • Added Account by Old Jugia • A New Agreement. About the author/editor Rev P.O. Bodding (1868-1936) is the most outstanding of the missionary-scholars who lived amongst the Santals and studied their language. He belonged to Norway.