Reconstructing the Tengger calendar
The survival of an Indic calendar among the Tengger people of the Brama highlands in east Java opens a window on Java’s calendar history. Its hybrid form reflects accommodations between this non-Muslim Javanese group and the increasingly dominant Muslim Javanese culture. Reconstruction is challengin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BRILL
2008-12-01
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Series: | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |
Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/24 |