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Claus-Dieter Brauns Lorenz G. Löffler Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh Springer Basel AG Colour photographs by Claus-Dictcr Brauns Frontispiecc: Text by Lorenz G. Liiffler Harvest festival. Beating the drum and three plate-shaped Translated from German by Doris Wagner-Glenn gongs, four mcn circumambulate the place of sacrifice in front of the open platform of the field house. Three bam boo poles have been decorated with tassels, thread squares, and double-funnelled spirit traps. At their foot - a miniature altar flanked by swallow-tailed bamboo tubes. Endpaper: Map of the southern Chittagong Hill Tracts, r 96 r. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data CIP-Titelaufnahme cler Deutschen Bibliothek Brauns, Claus-Dicter. Mru : Hill people on the border of Bangladesh 1C laus [Mru. English] Dieter Brauns; Lorenz G. Loffler. Transl. from German Mru : Hill people on the border of Bangladesh 1C laus by Doris Wagner-Glenn. - Basel ; Boston ; Berlin : Birk Dieter Brauns, Lorenz G. Loffler : translated from Ger hăuser, 1990 man by Doris Wagner-Glenn. Dt. Ausg. unter dem Titei: Mru, Bergbewohner im Grenz p. cm. gebiet von Bangladesh Rcvised translation of: Mru, Bergbewohner im Grenz gebiet von Bangladesh. Bibliography: p. 245-247 NE: Brauns, Claus-Dieter [III.]; Loffler, Lorenz G. [Text] Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http:// extras.springer.com. ISBN 978-3-0348-5696-6 ISBN 978-3-0348-5694-2 (eBook) r. Mru (South Asian people)-Sociallife and customs. DOI 10.1007/978-3-0348-5694-2 2. Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh)-Sociallife and customs. l. Loffler, Lorenz G. Il. Title. This work is subject to copyright. AU rights are reserved, Original publication in German whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, © Springer Basel AG 1986 and 1990 specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illus Originally published by Birkhiiuser Verlag Basel in 1990 trations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 1990 machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. ConceptiCoveriTypography: Albert Gomm, Basel Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies Layout: Helga and Claus-Dieter BraunsiL. G. Loffler are made for other than private use a fee is payable to 'Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort', Munich. Table of Contents Introducdon Author's concern: Claus-Dieter Brauns I9; author's concern: Lorenz G. Löffler 2 I; previous studies 2 2 The Chittagong Hill Tracts and their Inhabitants Landscape and climate 2 5; major ethnic groups 26; colonial administration 30; minor ethnic groups 32; population figures and development 36 House and Horne Harnlets GI; paths 62; houses 64; hause construction 69; baskets and other utensils 72 Food and Clothing Swidden farming Io9; selecting, slashing, and burning I w; planting and weeding I 13; hunting and trapping II 8; harvesting 122; food 12 5; domestic animals qo; cotton, textiles and jewelry I33; harvest festival I4I Kinship and Life Stages Clans and marriage rules I 69; premaritallife I 7 3; wedding and marriage I8I; birth and childhood I87; illness and death I95 Cattle Ceremonies and Feasts of Merit Women's work: alcoholic beverages 226; men's work: mouth argans and decorations 22 8; the sacrifice 2 3 I; interpretations 2 3 5; feasting 2 3 8 Epilogue Bibliography 24 5 Glossary of Terms Related to the Administrative Structure 24 7 Glossary of Mru Terms 248 Picture Credits 248 The three standard patterns of decorative bamboo weaving. The motifs appear also in beaded jewelry and the embroidery of women's skirts. Right side: First meeting with the strange white man at the bazaar in Lama. Next page: Morning fog in the valley of the Matamuri.
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