The Agaria

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.60314>m~~ ^73a:COm -<^>Z^THE AGARIATHE AGARIAByVERRIER ELWINWith a Foreword bySARAT CHANDRA ROYINDIAN BRANCHHUMPHREY MILFORDPRESSOXFORD UNIVERSITYOXFORD PRESSUNIVERSITYAMEN HOUSE, lyONDON, E.C.4New YorkEdinburgh GlasgowMelbourneToronto CapetownCalcutta MadrasBombayMHUMPHREYTill?PUBLISHER TOTin G. E.Printed India b) BinghaniCircular Calcuttaat the Mission A Lower Road,Press, 41BaptistToMR AND MRS R. D. TATAJ.FOREWORDVlll FOREWORDThese cultural resemblances with their do not,neighboursthat the lack a distinctive andhowever, imply Agaria vigorouslife of their own. Far from it. Besides apossessing highlytotemistic the have aorganization, Agaria strikingdevelopedand which controls and andistinctive vitalizes tomythologyunusual the material culture of the tribe. In thisdegreevolume we have an of theilluminating study Agaria's specialcontribution to and 'the tribal neurosis of fear andmagic,has made at athe author tells timesmagic' which, us, manyon his mind.painful impressionWe are here introduced to a tribe that has lived everymoment of their lives for an ancient craft and aby living myth.The of and as the author tellscraft', us,'marriage myththe and the'is the central theme of book gives Agaria great'If this the author further 'lacksbook/significance*. says,human touches of The that is due to thethe intimate Baiga,character of the The are a absorbed inpeople. Agaria peopletheir craft and their seem to have little lifematerial ...

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.60314>m~~ ^73a: COm -<^>Z^THE AGARIATHE AGARIA By VERRIER ELWIN With a Foreword by SARAT CHANDRA ROY INDIAN BRANCH HUMPHREY MILFORD PRESSOXFORD UNIVERSITY

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