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Book SynopsisA physician and psychotherapist, W. H. R. Rivers (18641922) was also interested in anthropology. In 19012 he studied the genealogies and customs of the Todas, inhabitants of a high plateau in south-west India. This illustrated book, published in 1906, was regarded as a standard ethnography for half a century.
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Toda people; 3. Dairies and buffaloes; 4. The village dairy; 5. The Ti dairy; 6. Buffalo migrations; 7. Ordination ceremonies; 8. Special dairy ceremonies; 9. The Toda gods; 10. Prayer; 11. The dairy ritual; 12. Divination and magic; 13. Sacrifice and offerings; 14. Birth and childhood ceremonies; 15. Funeral ceremonies; 16. Funeral ceremonies (cont.); 17. Sacred days and numbers; 18. Sacred places and objects; 19. The Toda religion; 20. Genealogies and population; 21. Kinship; 22. Marriage; 23. Social organisation; 24. Arts and amusements; 25. Language; 26. Personal names; 27. Relations with other tribes; 28. The clans of the Todas; 29. Teivaliol and Tartharol; 30. The origin and history of the Todas; Appendices 1-4; Glossary; Index.
