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Title: Indo-China and Its Primitive People
Author: Henry Baudesson
Release Date: June 13, 2014 [eBook #45958]
Language: English
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Photo by L. de Layougune.The Tomb of a Radé Chief decorated with Statues of his Faithful Women.
Indo-China and its Primitive People
By Captain Henry Baudesson.
Translated by E. Appleby Holt.
With 48 Illustrations from photographs.
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
TO
PROFESSOR ANTOINE CABATON
A TOKEN OF REVERENCE AND AFFECTION
CONTENTS
| BOOK I | |
| AMONG THE MOÏ | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| AMONG THE MOÏ | |
| General characteristics of the Moï--A legend as to their selection of a home--The part played by ocean currents in the distribution of races--Had primitive peoples a sense of direction?--Features of daily life--The hut--The village--Clothing and ornaments--A primitive method of kindling a fire | p. 3 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS | |
| Agriculture--Industries--Weaving, iron and copper mining--Commerce and industrial products--Food supplies--Fishing--How we once fished with dynamite--Hunting--Various methods of big-game hunting--My first elephant hunt--Some useful hints to big-game hunters--Poisons--Arms and weapons of defence--The tiger, a dangerous neighbour--A bathing tragedy | p. 18 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| FAMILY LIFE | |
| Diseases and their cure--Betrothal and marriage--Adultery--Divorce--A Moï wedding--Birth--Childhood--The game of Pig-Snatcher | p. 52 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| SOCIAL LIFE | |
| Property--Slavery--Utilitarian morals--A bashful race--The Levirate--Law and custom--An amateur arbitrator--Principles and practice of the Ordeal | p. 75 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND RITES | |
| Similarity between the philosophical conceptions of uncivilized races--Most of the ritual derived from magic--Dualism--Private and public talismans--The Pi--The Legend of the Dog-King-- Totemism--Sorcery--Rebel Moï | p. 98 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) | |
| Tribal and proprietary signs--Tattooing and mutilation--Principles and practice of the taboo--Its survival in modern Europe--The incarnation of Spirits in stones, trees and animals--Belief in the magic powers of the tiger--Animal poison--Bones as a charm--A protecting ear--Ex-votos offered to the Spirit of the tiger--Superstitions about monkeys--Hunting rites | p. 116 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) | |
| Agrarian rites--How Me-Sao, King of the Moï, opens the jar--Rites of initiation and "coming of age" | p. 137 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| BELIEFS AND RITES | |
| The origin and observance of funeral rites--The ceremony of the Commemoration of the Dead--Burial rites and various methods | p. 161 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| ART AND CULTURE | |
| The relation between the evolution of artistic expression and social development as illustrated by the Moï and the Laotians--The intimate connection between Music, Dance and Stage--A Moï orchestra and war dance--Deficiencies in the sense of sound due to lack of artistic education--The effect of a gramophone--Predominance of the analytical over the synthetic | |