UID:
almahu_9949560308202882
Format:
1 online resource (438 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781760464851
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1760464856
Series Statement:
Comparative Austronesian Series
Content:
Wehali defines itself as the ritual centre of the island of Timor. As a ritual centre, Wehali continues to be the residence of a figure of traditional authority on whom, in the 18th century, the Dutch conferred the title of Kaiser (Keizer) and to whom the Portuguese gave the title of Emperor (Imperador).
Note:
Intro -- List of Figures -- Figure 2.1: Rainfall data recorded in Besikama and Atapupu -- Figure 4.1: Timor as seen from Wehali -- Figure 4.2: The four hamlets related as a single origin group in Kamanasa -- Figure 4.3: The origin group of Fatisin -- Figure 4.4: The origin group of the Liurai of Kamanasa -- Figure 4.5: Named houses in the hamlet of Laran -- Figure 4.6: Spatial orientation of the inner Wehali-the 'four-corner land' -- Figure 5.1: Genealogy of the house of Leko (tafatik Leko) -- Figure 5.2: Marriage alliance (Leko and Makbalin) -- Figure 5.3: Path of brother -- Figure 5.4: Giving back seed and returning the banana head -- Figure 5.5: Genealogy of the house of Marii Lia -- Figure 5.6: Valid and invalid marriage -- Figure 5.7: Genealogy of the house of Liurai -- Figure 7.1: House orientation -- Figure 7.2: House posts -- Figure 7.3: Sacrificial pillars -- Figure 7.4: Male and female wall mats -- Figure 7.5: Cross-beams of a house -- Figure 7.6: Social division -- Figure 7.7: Order of precedence -- Figure 8.1: Pig liver divination -- Figure 8.2: Order of precedence in the passing of rope of announcement. -- Figure 9.1: Conceptual structure of the Wesei Wehali polity -- List of Maps -- Map 1: Indonesia -- Map 2: Languages spoken in Timor -- Map 3: Swapraja of Belu, after a Dutch map dated 1911 -- Map 4: Districts (kecamatan) in the regency of Belu -- List of Photographs -- Photograph 1: Agustinus Klau. -- Photograph 2: Luis Sanaka Teiseran holds the position of male ruler, Liurai mane. -- Photograph 3: The woman known as the Ferik Lulik, the 'Forbidden Old Lady', who until her death in 1993 served as the guardian of the Ai Lotuk, the most sacred house in Wehali. -- Photograph 4: Dato Tolus Loro Tolus, the head of the Dirma clan, sits on stones arranged around the great banyan tree in the headhunting compound in Dirma.
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Photograph 5: Men of the hamlet of Leklaran erect a named house. -- Photograph 6: Ai Lotuk, the Origin House of Wehali. -- Photograph 7: These two women are the official guardians of the Origin House, Ai Lotuk. Men are not permitted to enter this house. -- Photograph 8: During the maize harvest ceremony people bring offerings of betel-nut and cobs of corn from the new harvest to the burial ground of their immediate families. -- Photograph 9: Eating 'dark food' during the maize harvest ritual. -- Photograph 10: Offering betel-nut at a rain ceremony. -- Photograph 11: Piet Tahu Nahak, Gabriel Bria and Ferdy Seran. -- Photograph 12: Piet Tahu Nahak, Wehali Adat Historian, of the Trunk House of Makaer Lulik. -- List of Tables -- Table 2.1: Swapraja of Belu in 1904 -- Table 2.2: Composition of the swapraja of Belu Tasifeto in 1916 -- Table 2.3: Composition of the swapraja of Malaka in 1916 -- Table 2.4: Village size and population -- Table 2.5: Hamlets in Wehali -- Table 2.6: Agricultural cycle -- Table 2.7: Root crops -- Table 2.8: The conversion of natural forest -- Table 2.9: Names of dry rice varieties -- Table 2.10: Varieties of sorghum -- Table 2.11: Types of oral language -- Table 2.12: Taboo wording -- Table 3.1: Domains under Wehali as listed in Paravicini's contract -- Table 4.1: Wehali's periphery as cultivation space -- Table 4.2: Flow of life and flow of wealth -- Table 4.3: Basic oppositional categories -- Table 4.4: Assembly of the four ferik, four katuas -- Table 5.1: The stages in the marriage process in Wehali -- Table 6.1: Birth order terms -- Table 6.2: South Tetun kin terms -- Table 8.1: Vicarious death of Liurai Brehi -- Table 8.2: Liver omen categories -- Table 8.3: Distribution of fukun named houses -- Preface to the 2023 Edition -- Foreword -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- Opening Remarks -- Earlier Writings.
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Theoretical Orientation -- Book Outline -- 2. The Ethnographic Setting -- Introduction -- A Brief Account of the Regency of Belu -- The District (Kecamatan) of Malaka Tengah -- The Language -- 3. Two Perspectives on Wehali -- Introduction -- An Historical Account of Wehali's Hegemony -- The Decline of Wehali Power -- The Centrality of Wehali as Revealed in Oral Tradition -- Concluding Remarks -- 4. Social Relations: Giving Away the Centre to the Periphery -- Introduction -- Ideological Construction of Centre‑Periphery -- Centre-Periphery in Inter-Domain Relationship -- Centre-Periphery at the Village and Hamlet Levels -- Concluding Remarks -- 5. Marriage and Alliance -- Introduction -- Marriage Stages -- Idiom and Mediation -- The Perpetuation of Alliance -- Giving Back Seed and Returning the Banana Head -- Marriage and Politics -- Concluding Remarks -- 6. Paths and Borders: Relations of Origin, Consanguinity and Affinity -- Introduction -- Relations of Origin -- Relationship Terms -- Consanguineal Relations -- Affinal Relations -- Concluding Remarks -- 7. Ancestral Path in the Wehali House -- Introduction -- Types of House -- The House of Earth-Sky -- Orientation of Houses -- The Four-Corner House -- Ritual Posts -- Inner House and Platform -- Social Boundary -- Concluding Remarks -- 8. Life-giving Rituals -- Introduction -- Myth, Ritual and Polity -- Ritual of Avoidance -- Rituals Concerning Mother and Baby -- Agricultural Rites -- Concluding Remarks -- 9. Conclusion -- Dawan as Seen from South Tetun -- Major Features of Wehali -- Language Texts -- Reference Text 1 -- Reference Text 2 -- Reference Text 3 -- Reference Text 4 -- Reference Text 5 -- Reference Text 6 -- Reference Text 7 -- Reference Text 8 -- Bibliography -- A Note on Language -- Glossary -- Ritual Language Pairs -- Acknowledgements.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781760464844
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1760464848
Language:
English
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