The Religion of the Tempasuk Dusuns of North Borneo [Paperback]

This 1953 volume describes the Dusun people of the Tempasuk region in what was formerly North Borneo.First 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). It presents a detailed account of the cultural and religious beliefs of the Dusun people and includes sixty-five Dusun folk-stories.First 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). It presents a detailed account of the cultural and religious beliefs of the Dusun people and includes sixty-five Dusun folk-stories.First 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.Preface; Introduction; Part I. General Rules: 1. The deities and the creation; 2. Various spirits; 3. Sun, moon and stars; cosmography; 4. The priestess and the 'sacred language'; 5. Some objects used in ceremonies; 6. Komburongoh; 7. Lustral water; 8. Sogit (Sagit); 9. The soul; 10. Mononglumaag; 11. Birth; 12. The giving of names; 13. Marriage and divorce; 14. 'Incest'; 15. The widow and the widower; 16. Father-in-law, mother-in-law; 17. Death and burial; 18. The Dusun month; 19. Kaasaban (thunder tabus); 20. Guardian stones and other ponungolig; 21. Sacred animals; 22. Omens and omen animals; 23. Kopohunan (koi-imah-imah); 24. Krointod; 25. The new house; 26. Ragang numak. The dispersal of the Dusuns; 27. 'Hot rain'; 28. The lampadak tree; 29. Various belil#C