These original essays study ritual language and parallelism (the strict ordering of words and phrases in alternative, duplicate form). The introduction puts the topic in historical perspective and what was once viewed as a composition form unique to ancient Hebrew is now seen as a feature common to literatures around the world. Here is the first book to compare in detail living traditions of parallel composition. Yet, despite the diversity of languages discussed by the contributors, their materials are drawn from a single cultural area still unknown to most specialists: Eastern Indonesia. All the essays contain original texts with translations and with detailed commentary on both content and context.
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Material for a detailed analysis of parallel composition, once viewed as a linguistic form unique to ancient Hebrew, but now seen as common to literatures around the world, is drawn from the culture of Eastern Indonesia.
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family bamboo clump, sanda sanda, golden waterworks, hamlet deity, form dyadic sets, unpaired lines, mortuary chants, ritual language use, maro ritual, dyadic language, canonical parallelism, invocatory speech, reddening head, other chanters, ala mai, prestige feasts, ritual courtyard, spirit deputies, dyadic elements, ceremonial field, other ritual specialists, garden hamlet, paired couplets, oratorical speech, formulaic sequences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tepa Nilu, Manu Kama, Tana Wai Brama, Kona Kek, Leli Deak, Adi Sole, Huka Besik, Mo'an Rapa, Silu Lilok, Wan Rapa, Ipir Wai Brama, Lide Mudak, Mapo Tena, Bina Bane, Koli Lusi, Suti Solo, Bui Kume, Dai Laka, Laki Elokama, Mbulu Renda, Ndi Lonama, Sela Sule, Doro Tana, Kala Palu, Kama Lai Ledo New!
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family bamboo clump, sanda sanda, golden waterworks, hamlet deity, form dyadic sets, unpaired lines, mortuary chants, ritual language use, maro ritual, dyadic language, canonical parallelism, invocatory speech, reddening head, other chanters, ala mai, prestige feasts, ritual courtyard, spirit deputies, dyadic elements, ceremonial field, other ritual specialists, garden hamlet, paired couplets, oratorical speech, formulaic sequences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tepa Nilu, Manu Kama, Tana Wai Brama, Kona Kek, Leli Deak, Adi Sole, Huka Besik, Mo'an Rapa, Silu Lilok, Wan Rapa, Ipir Wai Brama, Lide Mudak, Mapo Tena, Bina Bane, Koli Lusi, Suti Solo, Bui Kume, Dai Laka, Laki Elokama, Mbulu Renda, Ndi Lonama, Sela Sule, Doro Tana, Kala Palu, Kama Lai Ledo New!
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