A collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history and anthropology examining the death practices and rituals of Indonesian tribal groups in the context of ongoing changes is Islam.
Author(s): Henri Chambert-Loir
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 272
Part title......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Maps and illustrations......Page 7
List of contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
1 Castrated dead: the making of un-ancestors among the Aoheng, and some considerations on death and ancestors in Borneo......Page 27
2 How to hold a tiwah: the potency of the dead and deathways among Ngaju Dayaks......Page 43
3 Witnessing the creation of ancestors in Laboya......Page 58
4 Reciprocity, death and the regeneration of life and plants in Nusa Penida......Page 74
5 Remembering our dead: the care of the ancestors in Tana Toraja......Page 95
6 Island of the Dead. Why do Bataks erect tugu?......Page 114
7 Modernising sacred sites in South Sumatra: Islamisation of Gumai ancestral places......Page 129
8 Ancestors' blood: genealogical memory, genealogical amnesia and hierarchy among the Bugis......Page 143
9 Saints and ancestors: the cult of muslim saints in Java......Page 158
10 The Tembayat hill: clergy and royal power in Central Java from the 15th to the 17th century......Page 167
11 Interpreting the historical significant of tombs and chronicles in contemporary Java......Page 186
12 The role of a Javanese burial ground in local government......Page 199
13 'National ancestors': the ritual construction of nationhood......Page 209
Notes......Page 231
Bibliography......Page 246
Index......Page 263
