The legendary adventures of a powerful hero, Tuked Rini have been recited for centuries in the Kelabit Highlands. The legend is used as a springboard to explore highland life, kinship and hierarchy, the significance of rice and forest products, and cosmological beliefs - all now changing rapidly under increasing influence from the world outside.
ISBN: | 9788776941819 |
Publication date: | 1st April 2016 |
Author: | Monica Janowski |
Publisher: | NIAS Press an imprint of Nus Press Pte Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 182 pages |
Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology |