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The Toda Landscape - Explorations in Cultural Ecology (Hardcover)
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The Toda Landscape - Explorations in Cultural Ecology (Hardcover)
Series: Harvard Oriental Series
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The Todas are the oldest inhabitants of the Nilgiri Hills of South
India. With their quaint barrel-vaulted architecture, embroidered
cloaks, and long-horned buffaloes, they have fascinated the world
ever since civilization stepped into the Nilgiris two centuries
ago. Their culture revolves around these herds, with each of the
six grades of dairy-temple having its corresponding herd of sacred
buffaloes. A Toda prayer consists of chant words addressed to
sacred natural landmarks such as nearby peaks, slopes, thickets,
trees, rocks, meadows, pools, and streams. The Todas represent a
rare example of an indigenous culture that has remained generally
vegetarian. The Prologue highlights the journey that led to Tarun
Chhabra's being accepted as an "insider." The thirteen chapters
provide detailed ethnographic descriptions of sacred dairy-temple
institutions; the Toda relationship with honey; the intricacies of
their attire and embroidery motifs; details related to seasonal
migrations; settlement patterns; sacred geography and traditional
architecture; a spirit's journey to the afterworld; and
ethnobotany. The four appendices focus on the Toda relationship
with their flora and fauna, lists of landscape terms, and the
all-important prayers for major hamlets. The book includes
significant new data and represents a major breakthrough in Toda
studies.
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