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Religion and custom in a Muslim society : the Berti of Sudan

Title
Religion and custom in a Muslim society : the Berti of Sudan / Ladislav Holy.
Author
Holý, Ladislav.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Description
x, 243 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 78
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 78.
Subject
  • Bernhart, Tibor
  • Berti (African people)
  • Muslims > Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Islam
  • religious rituals
  • African religions
  • Berti
  • women
  • 73.06 ethnography
  • 73.40 social structure: general (ethnology)
  • Manners and customs
  • Muslims
  • Religion
  • Sozialstruktur
  • Berti (volk)
  • Sociale situatie
  • Islamieten
  • Ethnology > Sudan > Darfur
  • Berti (peuple d'Afrique)
  • Musulmans > Soudan
  • Sudan > Social life and customs
  • Soudan > Moeurs et coutumes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-233) and index.
Contents
The Berti and Islam -- Men and women -- Milk and water -- Village and wilderness -- Custom and religion -- Life cycle -- Circumcision -- Blood and rain -- Custom and superstition.
ISBN
  • 0521394856
  • 9780521394857
  • 052102496X
  • 9780521024969
LCCN
90020417
OCLC
  • ocm22597540
  • 22597540
  • SCSB-1924508
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library