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Lepcha life and culture : god, beliefs & myths / Sumitabha Chakraborty.
LIBRA DS432.L4 C33 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chakrabarty, Sumitabha, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lepcha (South Asian people)--Social life and customs.
- Lepcha (South Asian people).
- Lepcha (South Asian people)--Religion.
- Manners and customs.
- Religion.
- Sikkim (India)--Social life and customs.
- Sikkim (India).
- India--Sikkim.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 276 pages : illustrations (color), map (black and white) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi : B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2021.
- Summary:
- In the quest for improvement in level of living, the Lepchas constantly tries through an arduous effort to survive against the elements of nature and ultimately acquire the authority by gradual ascendancy in the mastery over nature. The Lepcha people has his own ideation , Knowledge and creation. As being on the lap of nature, the people has also to acquire the quality of harnessing the natural environment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789388789677
- 9388789679
- OCLC:
- 1260690408
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