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Rice Growing in Balantak (Eastern Arm of Celebes)

Resource File: 
Description: 
From laying out a field to harvest festival, this article describes the customs, practices, and animistic beliefs that formerly surrounded the planting and harvesting of rice in the Balantak area of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Series: 
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Translations from the Dutch
Series Number: 
018
Publisher: 
Sulawesi Language Alliance
Year Published: 
2018
Subject Language(s): 
Balantak
ISO 639-3: 
blz
Publication Language(s): 
English
Contributor(s): 
Kruyt, Albertus Christiaan
author
Blaauwen, Ewald den
translator
Mead, David
editor
Source: 
Kruyt, Alb. C. 1934. De rijstbouw in Balantak (oostarm van Celebes). Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 74:123–139. Original pagination is indicated by including the page number in square brackets, e.g. [p. 123].
Acknowledgements: 
The original translation was facilitated by Wycliffe Bijbelvertalers.
Version History: 
Version 1 [25 April 2018] English translation, a nine page typescript, prepared by Ewald den Blaauwen in 1984; rekeyboarded by Jocy Gatchalian, June 2004; checked and edited by David Mead, January 2005; final editing for publication completed by David Mead, April 2018.
File Description: 
Scanned version of the original Dutch article
License: 
All Rights Reserved


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