PAPUAN-ENGLISH

Baruya-English Dictionary

By Da Silva Francisco José.

Book information

Language
papuan-english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2112053 bytes)
Pages
\171
Topic
Linguistics\\Foreign
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
Языки и языкознание;Папуасские языки

Description

Publisher: Online Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 171The Baruya are a tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. They have been studied since 1967 by anthropologist Maurice Godelier. The Baruya are characterized by a strong inequality between males and females; all their organizations, institutions, and myths present the male domination. They have a ritual in which boys give fellatio to young males and drink their semen, in order to 're-engender themselves prior to marriage'.

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