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A Sarawalk anthology : extracts from the literature on Sarawalk -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FORESTS -- 1. THE BORNEAN FOREST; 2. THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST -- 3. THESE ENCHANTED WOODS; 4. NOISES IN THE NIGHT -- 5. NIGHT IN THE FOREST -- 6. FEAR OF BEING LOST IN THE FOREST -- 7. FINDING THE WAY IN THE FOREST -- 8. MOSS FOREST -- RIVERS -- 9. THROUGH CAVERNS MEASURELESS TO MAN -- 10. THE SARAWAK RIVER -- 11. MIST AND CLOUD OVER THE RIVER BARAM -- 12. THE TIDAL BORE ON THE BATANG LUPAR RIVER -- 13. ESTUARIES, CREEKS AND SWAMPS -- CAVES -- 14. AT THE MOUTH OF THE NIAH CAVE -- 15. BIRDS AT THE NIAH CAVES -- 16. DISCOVERY OF PAINTINGS IN THE NIAH CAVES -- WILD LIFE -- 17. CROCODILES; 18. WHY THE ORANG-UTAN FACES EXTINCTION -- 19. THE NESTING HABITS OF THE HORNBILL -- 20. PYTHONS -- 21. PIGS VERSUS PYTHON -- 22. A BORNEO BUTTERFLY; 23. AN ATTACK BY WILD BEES -- 24. FIRE-FLIES; 25. HOW TO ESCAPE FROM A KING-COBRA -- PLANT LIFE -- 26. THE DUR1AN -- 27. PITCHER-PLANTS -- 28. ORCHIDS -- PEOPLE -- 29. COMMON OWNERSHIP AMONG SEA DAYAKS1 (1951) -- 30. LEADERSHIP AMONG THE SEA DAYAKS (1951) -- 31. AN IBAN CHIEF (1946) -- 32. LAND DAYAK HUMOUR -- 33. THE NOMADIC PENNANS -- 34. THE COMPASSION OF THE DATUS -- 35. AN UNSUCCESSFUL CHINESE IMMIGRANT -- 36. CHINESE HOSPITALITY -- 37. THE SARAWAK CHINESE - THE EMOTIONAL APPEAL OF CHINA -- RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND INTERESTS -- 38. THE SOUL OF THE PADI; 39. AUGURY IN BORNEO AND ANCIENT ITALY -- 40. THE NATURE OF DAYAK CUSTOMARY LAW (1963) -- 41. THE FEAST OF THE DEPARTED SPIRITS (1961) -- 42. JERUNEI AND THE SLAVES' LAMENT (c. 1850) -- 43. A MELANAU FAMILY TABOO, 44. MELANAU FUNERAL RITES (1950) -- 45. A DYING PAGAN -- 46. WHY SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE AREN'T CHRISTIAN -- 47. A CASE OF RUNNING AMOK (1904) -- 48. ANCIENT CERAMIC WARES -- 49. ANCIENT BEADS (1957) -- LONGHOUSES -- 50. KAYAN AND KENYAH LONGHOUSES (1957) -- 51. A LAND DAYAK LONGHOUSE -- 52. THE PASSING OF NIGHT IN A KELABIT LONGHOUSE -- OCCUPATIONS -- 53. FELLING THE FOREST BEFORE PLANTING PADI -- 54. COLLECTING CAMPHOR -- 55. HUNTING CROCODILES (1955) -- 56 A FISH-DRIVE〈SUP〉2〈/SUP〉 -- 57. BOATBUILDING : WATERMANSHIP (1957) -- 58. UNLOADING PIGS AT MIRI -- 59. SOME UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS -- PIRACY, WAR AND HEADHUNTING -- 60. LANUN PIRATES -- 61. THE BISHOP CRITICIZED FOR JOINING IN A SEA-FIGHT AGAINST LANUN PIRATES -- 62. HOW THE OLD MEN OF BINTULU PUT THE PIRATES TO FLIGHT -- 63. DAYAK WAR FLEETS (1845) -- 64. EVADING THE FORT AT SAKARANG (c.1862) -- 65. KAYAN METHOD OF ATTACKING A LONGHOUSE (c.1862) -- 66. THE ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF A LONGHOUSE -- 67. HEADHUNTING -- 68. THE RECEPTION OF DAYAK HEADS (1842) -- 69. THE OLD DAYS -- TRAVEL -- 70. DESCENDING THE RAPIDS -- 71. GOING UP THE RAPIDS IN A POWERED CANOE -- 72. INLAND TRAVEL -- 73. ON CROSSING BRIDGES IN SARAWAK -- 74. LEECHES -- 75. AN INTREPID TRAVELLER -- CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISTS -- 76. A KELABIT CRAFTSMAN -- 77. A KAYAN DANCE -- 78. MAKING A BLOWPIPE -- 79. FORGING AND TEMPERING A SWORD-BLADE (1926) -- 80. IBAN WEAVING -- 81. THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST ON BORNEO ART; 82. LIVING IN A GREEN DESERT -- POETRY AND SONG -- 83. IBAN POETRY -- 84. THE RESCUE OF PANGGAI -- 85. THE EXHORTATION OF A DAYAK GODDESS -- 86. A BENEDICTION -- 87. A PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY -- 88. A MAIDEN'S LAMENT -- 89. AN IBAN DUET -- 90. A STORM AT SEA -- LEGENDS -- 91. THE KAWA, SADANO AND MELAJA CAVES -- 92. AN IBAN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD -- 93. THE STORY OF THE NIGHT-JAR -- HISTORY -- 94. THE SEARCH FOR PREHISTORIC MAN IN BORNEO -- 95. EARLY TRADE WITH THE ASIAN MAINLAND -- 96. PIGAFETTA VISITS BRUNEI (1521) -- 97. A LEGENDARY HERO -- 98. JAMES BROOKE INTERCEDES FOR THE REBELS (1840) -- 99. THE SOW DAYAKS APPEAL TO JAMES BROOKE -- 100. THE RAJAH PROMULGATES HIS LAWS -- 101. THE CONDITION OF THE LAND DAYAKS (1841) -- 102. DEATH OF PENGIRAN BADRUDIN (1846) -- 103. BRUNEI OPPRESSION IN THE LIMBANG AREA (c. 1850) -- 104. THE SUPPRESSION OF TRIBAL WARFARE: HOW A SEA DAYAK RAID WAS PREVENTED (1841) -- 105. THE ATTACK ON PADEH (1843) -- 106. THE ATTACK ON PATUSAN (1844) -- 107. THE CHINESE INSURRECTION (1857) -- 108. AN INCIDENT IN THE CHINESE INSURRECTION -- 109. THE DESTRUCTION OF RENTAP'S STRONGHOLD ON SADOK (October 1861) -- 110. THE KAYAN EXPEDITION (1863) -- 111. THE RAJAH'S ANXIETIES (1842) -- 112. AS A MAN OF COMMERCE, I AM A FOOL ; 113. AT FIRST THEY WOULD BE USELESS -- 114. WHAT ARE CITIES AND TEMPLES TO JUNGLES AND DAYAKS? ; 115. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT -- 116. MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS (1883); 117. FOOCHOWS ARRIVE AT SUNGEI MERAH, SIBU -- 118. THE SECOND RAJAH -- 119. THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION -- 120. AN END AND A BEGINNING (31st August 1963) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Inhalt:
The editor has tried to give a conspectus of the main features of Sarawak and the life of its people. Mr. Dickson has collected over 120 extracts of the best writing on Sarawak from today back to the middle of the last century. The extracts are grouped, under topics and include descriptions of caves, and journeys by rivers and through forests; the animal and plant life; the people and their religion, customs, crafts, poetry, songs and legends; piracy, war and headhunting with a final section on history. The variety of subject matter, arranged by topic rather than by author, will appeal to people, especially younger people, of differing tastes. The editor hopes that his anthology will help to stimulate the growth of an indigenous literature.
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Sarawak anthology London : Univ. of London Pr., 1965
Sprache:
Englisch
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Anthologie
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