Download or read book The Kalasha People of North Western Pakistan written by Maureen Lines and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Natural Resources and Cosmology in Changing Kalasha Society written by Mytte Fentz and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pagan Christmas written by Augusto S. Cacopardo and published by Gingko Library. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley in the Chitral district of Pakistan, focusing on their winter feasts, which culminate every year in a great winter solstice festival. The Kalasha are not only the last example of a pre-Islamic culture in the Hindu Kush and Karakorum mountains but also practice the last observable example anywhere in the world of an archaic Indo-European religion. In this book, Augusto S. Cacopardo takes readers inside the world of the Kalasha people. Cacopardo outlines the history and culture of this ancient but still extant people. Exploring an array of relevant literature, he enriches our understanding of their practices and beliefs through illuminating comparisons with both the Indian religious world and the religious folklore of Europe. Bringing together several disciplinary approaches and drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book offers the first extended study of this little-known but fascinating Kalasha community. It will take its place as a standard international reference source on the anthropology, ethnography, and history of religions in Pakistan and Central South Asia.
Download or read book Asian Perceptions of Nature written by Ole Bruun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.
Download or read book Culture Creation and Procreation written by Monika Böck and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural constructivism have taken issue with a concept that puts so much stress on heredity as being severely biased by western ideas of kinship. Ethnosociologists in particular developed alternative systems using indigenous categories. This symbolic approach has, however, been rejected by some scholars as plagued by the problems of the analytical separation of ideology from practice, of largely overlooking relations of domination, and of ignoring the questions of shared knowledge and choice. This volume offers a corrective by discussing the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individiual strategies.
Download or read book Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and Its Transformations written by Alan Bicker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures. In particular they explore the problems of translation and mistranslation in the local-global transference of traditional practices and representations of resources.
Download or read book Beyond the North West Frontier written by Maureen Lines and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book East and West written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Second International Hindukush Cultural Conference written by Elena L. Bashir and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference was organized in Chitral to introduce the cultural heritage of Chitral to scholars throughout the world. The papers, representing international scholars from many disciplines, reflect both concern for and an understanding of the problems faced by the people of northern Pakistan and the Hundukush and Karakoram regions as a whole.
Download or read book An Anthropology of Indirect Communication written by Joy Hendry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes we convey what we mean not by what we say but by what we do. This type of indirect communication is sometimes called 'indirection'. From patent miscommunication, through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many aspects of indirect communication. From a Mormon Theme Park to carnival time on Montserrat the contributors analyse indirection by illustrating how food, silence, sunglasses, martial arts and rudeness call constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication is an engaging text which provides a challenging introduction to this subject.
Download or read book Kalash Solstice written by Jean-Yves Loude and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ma ala and Landscape written by Alexander W. Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1996-12-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Highlights, Perhaps For The First Time, The Techniques Whereby Mandala-Schemes Are Projected In Thought, Belief And Action, On To Widely Differing Natural Landscapes. The Emphasis Is On Geographical Contexts And Socio-Cultural Traditions.
Download or read book Our Women are Free written by Wynne Maggi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the lives of women among the Kalasha, a tiny, vibrant community in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province
Download or read book Baessler Archiv written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beiträge zur Völkerkunde.
Download or read book The Last Eden written by Maureen Lines and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kalasha Dictionary with English and Urdu written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
