Primates and birds of "sabulungan"; Roles of animals in sculptures, shamanic songs and dances, and the belief system of traditional Mentawaians
Mentawaians sing ritual songs enshrined in archaic texts referring to particular primates and birds, while ritual and traditional dances imitate how gibbons, sea eagles, and other animals live in the natural world. Mentawaians craft sculptures of endemic primates and unique birds. The bilou gibbon a...
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| Language: | English |
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Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia |
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| Online Access: | https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol23/iss2/7/ |