{"product_id":"the-religion-of-the-tempasuk-dusuns-of-north-borneo-paperback-9781107646032","title":"The Religion of the Tempasuk Dusuns of North Borneo (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107646032","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Religion of the Tempasuk Dusuns of North Borneo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1953 volume describes the Dusun people of the Tempasuk region in what was formerly North Borneo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eI. H. N. Evans (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107646032, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e624 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.9 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1953, this volume by I. H. N. Evans describes the Dusun people of the Tempasuk region in what was formerly North Borneo (now Sabah in East Malaysia). Based on the author's own research and extensive personal experience, the volume presents a detailed account of the cultural and religious beliefs of the Dusun people, as well as their rites, ceremonies, and traditions. The volume also includes sixty-five Dusun folk-stories, two appendices, and a unique collection of photographs taken by the author himself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. General Rules: 1. The deities and the creation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Various spirits\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sun, moon and stars\u003cbr\u003e cosmography\u003cbr\u003e 4. The priestess and the 'sacred language'\u003cbr\u003e 5. Some objects used in ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Komburongoh\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lustral water\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sogit (Sagit)\u003cbr\u003e 9. The soul\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mononglumaag\u003cbr\u003e 11. Birth\u003cbr\u003e 12. The giving of names\u003cbr\u003e 13. Marriage and divorce\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'Incest'\u003cbr\u003e 15. The widow and the widower\u003cbr\u003e 16. Father-in-law, mother-in-law\u003cbr\u003e 17. Death and burial\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Dusun month\u003cbr\u003e 19. Kaasaban (thunder tabus)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Guardian stones and other ponungolig\u003cbr\u003e 21. Sacred animals\u003cbr\u003e 22. Omens and omen animals\u003cbr\u003e 23. Kopohunan (koi-imah-imah)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Krointod\u003cbr\u003e 25. The new house\u003cbr\u003e 26. Ragang numak. The dispersal of the Dusuns\u003cbr\u003e 27. 'Hot rain'\u003cbr\u003e 28. The lampadak tree\u003cbr\u003e 29. Various beliefs and customs\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ceremonies: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Agricultural ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Communal ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Personal ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Folk-Stories: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The creation and the misdoings of Towadakon\u003cbr\u003e 2. A creation story\u003cbr\u003e 3. A creation story\u003cbr\u003e 4. A heretical creation story\u003cbr\u003e 5. Another creation story from Tambatuon\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Kahung Saraiyoh creation story\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Toburon creation story\u003cbr\u003e 8. Kinorohingan's sons\u003cbr\u003e 9. Two stories of how the rice got its husk\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ginjan goes to heaven\u003cbr\u003e 11. Galamon learns a lesson\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Dusun Pandora's box\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Puran Tanak's revenge\u003cbr\u003e 14. The half boy\u003cbr\u003e 15. A Rogon Gaiyoh steals children\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Bubutan's child\u003cbr\u003e 17. Rokian's children\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Bugang and the Boy\u003cbr\u003e 19. Sumandak loses her rice-souls\u003cbr\u003e 20. The little girl's rice-soul\u003cbr\u003e 21. My ancestor Turikon\u003cbr\u003e 22. The men who went to sunrise\u003cbr\u003e 23. The incestuous stars of morning and evening\u003cbr\u003e 24. The origin of two contellations: the Miasau-Pisau\u003cbr\u003e 25. The eclipse of the moon\u003cbr\u003e 26. The rice-planters' stars\u003cbr\u003e 27. Saraban\u003cbr\u003e 28. Takuluk fights the wind\u003cbr\u003e 29. The flood\u003cbr\u003e 30. Sagatapon and her fish\u003cbr\u003e 31. The head that revenged itself\u003cbr\u003e 32. The effects of a mogindalan\u003cbr\u003e 33. The Tonsimongs' priestess\u003cbr\u003e 34. Baiaboh's devotion\u003cbr\u003e 35. Oduk Minatob intervenes\u003cbr\u003e 36. The origin of Tindihan Hill\u003cbr\u003e 37. The origin of Kuog Hill\u003cbr\u003e 38. The war of the Koruk-fish against Kinsiraban\u003cbr\u003e 39. The house that became a stone\u003cbr\u003e 40. The house that became a boulder\u003cbr\u003e 41. The tunnel to Tenghilan\u003cbr\u003e 42. The orang-utang at Kahung Saraiyoh\u003cbr\u003e 43. The rats' village\u003cbr\u003e 44. The buffalo's children\u003cbr\u003e 45. The mosquitoes' village\u003cbr\u003e 46. Where the fish live\u003cbr\u003e 47. The boy, the python, and the birds\u003cbr\u003e 48. The bee wife\u003cbr\u003e 49. Gimbak visits the villages of the dead and of the wild pigs\u003cbr\u003e 50. Tambatuon 'history'. Affairs at Ragang Nunuk, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 51. Kadamaian 'history': the migration from Ragang Nunuk, the huge snake, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 52. The Surun people make a ladder to heaven\u003cbr\u003e 53. The Surun people's ladder. The Bugang's bones\u003cbr\u003e 54. The old people and the new people\u003cbr\u003e 55. The 'history' of the Tabilong Dusuns\u003cbr\u003e 56. The Tabilong Dusuns may not plough\u003cbr\u003e 57. The Kurap bird\u003cbr\u003e 58. The origin of the clam\u003cbr\u003e 59. Don't be greedy and jealous\u003cbr\u003e 60. Brothers dog and crocodile\u003cbr\u003e 61. The coconut-shell child\u003cbr\u003e 62. Putar and the eggs\u003cbr\u003e 63. The upas tree\u003cbr\u003e 64. Lantibong's return\u003cbr\u003e 65. A story against the Mohammedans\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Kadamaian Dusun rites: texts, translations, notes\u003cbr\u003e  Appendix B. The Moginakan gurumpot held at Kahung Saraiyoh in May and June, 1949\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Anthropology%20%5BJHM%5D%22\"\u003eJHM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006030860568,"sku":"9781107646032","price":45.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107646032i_649386e2-6cbb-48bc-b00c-93eda5737830.jpg?v=1696781154","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-religion-of-the-tempasuk-dusuns-of-north-borneo-paperback-9781107646032","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}