Ritual preparation for living: Education in the social memory of an eastern Indonesian people

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2011

Authors

Butterworth, David

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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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In the childhood rite of passage, lodong mé, performed by the Krowé people from Flores island in eastern Indonesia, infants are introduced for the first time to the implements that will be important for their future working life. Customarily, females ar

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Keywords: cultural geography; cultural influence; cultural tradition; education; memory; religion; East Nusa Tenggara; Flores [Lesser Sunda Islands]; Indonesia; Lesser Sunda Islands; Sunda Isles

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Indonesia and the Malay World

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2037-12-31