On "dyss" Burial and Beliefs about the Dead During the Stone Age: With Special Regard to South Scandinavia; an Archaeological and Historico-religious Research |
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Page 157
... drums are set up at the entrance to it . The first day of the funeral the risomar come , with drums beating , to the enclosure ikub before the house and execute a dance , bringing sticks and shields with them . The 2nd and the 3rd day ...
... drums are set up at the entrance to it . The first day of the funeral the risomar come , with drums beating , to the enclosure ikub before the house and execute a dance , bringing sticks and shields with them . The 2nd and the 3rd day ...
Page 190
... drums and dancing . Korku . The dec . and the munda post are taken to the burial place with singing and dancing . Gond . After death drums are Assam . beaten . Khasi make keening at death . There is shooting and music of drums and ...
... drums and dancing . Korku . The dec . and the munda post are taken to the burial place with singing and dancing . Gond . After death drums are Assam . beaten . Khasi make keening at death . There is shooting and music of drums and ...
Page 191
... drums and gongs during the time that the dec . is in the house . The dec . is buried to the beating of gongs . Tanembar - Timorlao . There is drum - music during the night while the dead man is still in the house and when the coffin is ...
... drums and gongs during the time that the dec . is in the house . The dec . is buried to the beating of gongs . Tanembar - Timorlao . There is drum - music during the night while the dead man is still in the house and when the coffin is ...
Common terms and phrases
according ancestors Angami animals apotropæic appear bamboo bier bones brought buffaloes built burial customs buried called cap-stone carried ceremony circle closed cloth cock coffin connection considered constructions corpse covered culture dancing dead death deceased demons described dolmens dyss burial dysses earth east entrance erected evil spirits exist fear fire four fowls funeral given gives gold grave head hole horns important India intended keep killed kind laid later leaves lighted living material means megalithic megalithic tombs menhirs mentioned monuments mouth Munda Nagas Nias North offerings performed placed platform prehistoric probably protect prove raised receive rectangular regarded roof round sacrificed seems side skulls sometimes soul South spirits spread Stone Age supports surrounded taken takes tied tombs tribes village wall washed