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The late Henry Gana Ngadi's Iban Rites of Passage and Some Related Ritmi Acts is an attempt to explain the events Iban individuals go through to gain entry into each stage of the Iban life cycle. The work therefore represents an important contribution to a better understanding of Iban society and its rich culture. The slim
Bangladesh on 16th December 1971 was the culmination of the struggle of Bengali nationalism, launched in mid-thirties, to establish a separate identity of its own.
28 gru 2023 · In this paper, we describe one such society, the Iban, whose religious practices are often claimed to not include the worship of ancestors, despite ancestors being central to their religion.
The story begins with the early geological history of the delta which has decisively shaped Bangladesh society. The narrative then moves chronologically through the era of colonial rule, the partition of Bengal, the war with Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh as an independent state.
21 lut 2019 · In this paper, we describe one such society, the Iban, whose religious practices are often claimed to not include the worship of ancestors, despite ancestors being central to their religion.
We demonstrate that many of the gods and spirits of the Iban supernatural pantheon are most clearly understood as ancestors. Furthermore, we argue that the Iban example may not be an outlier, and that ancestor worship may be prevalent in many more societies than previously claimed.
The focus of this study is the interaction between Iban religion, traditionally one of ancestor worship and more recently syncretized with Christianity (Wadley, Pashia, & Palmer, 2006), and Iban cooperative practices, which usually consists of swidden rice horticulture, wild game hunting and fishing, and gathering wild vegetables (Wadley &
