Kayan Religion / J. Rousseau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rousseau, J., author.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 180.

VKI Online.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 180

VKI Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kayan (Bornean people)--Religion.

Kayan (Bornean people).

Kayan.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Summary:

Kayan Religion is an ethnographic account of the rituals and beliefs of Central Borneo swidden agriculturists, written at the request of the Baluy Kayan of Sarawak to preserve their religion for future generations. With its extensive agricultural rituals, Kayan religion is organized around the agricultural cycle. Both priests and shamans are present; the latter limit themselves to curing rituals, while priests manage the annual cycle, life-cycle rituals, and familial rituals. Like other groups in Southeast Asia, the Kayan have elaborate death rituals. The traditional Kayan religion ( adat Dipuy ) was characterized by ritual head-hunting, animal omens, and a multiplicity of taboos. In the 1940s, a prophet revealed a new religion ( adat Bungan ) in Central Borneo, with particular success in the Baluy area. In its initial stage, adat Bungan was a radical rejection of the old religion. However, in just a few years, a kind of counter-reformation occurred, led by aristocrats and priests, who reinstated most of the old rituals in a simplified and less onerous form.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kayan Religion.

ISBN:

9789004454316

9789067181327

OCLC:

606326040

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004454316 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.