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An analysis of how the complex rituals of Sahafatra culture are used to transform a once barren landscape into agricultural land.

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Introduction: the wasteland and its people and history; the bigger picture - background and theory; the authority system in the wasteland; competing idioms of power; testing - the process of becoming a senior panjaka; the potency of the panjaka; the 'raising up' of the panjaka as human alchemy; funerary and commemorative practices; conclusion: composite power and the cult of creation.

The Earth Shakers of Madagascar An

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826457509, 978-0826457509
      ISBN10: 0826457509

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An analysis of how the complex rituals of Sahafatra culture are used to transform a once barren landscape into agricultural land.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: the wasteland and its people and history; the bigger picture - background and theory; the authority system in the wasteland; competing idioms of power; testing - the process of becoming a senior panjaka; the potency of the panjaka; the 'raising up' of the panjaka as human alchemy; funerary and commemorative practices; conclusion: composite power and the cult of creation.

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