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Lepchas of Sikkim /

Gorer, Geoffrey

Lepchas of Sikkim / by Gedffrey Gorer - New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2014. - 510p,; 22cm.

CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: The Lepchas and Sikkim.
Chapter 2: The Homes of the Lepchas.
Chapter 3: Getting Food.
Chapter 4: Money Lenders and Trading Friends.
Chapter 5: Law and Order.
Chapter 6: The Rules of Kinship and Marriage.
Chapter 7: Religion I: Lamaism.
Chapter 8: Religion II: The Mun.
Chapter 9: Religion III: The People of Mayel.
Chapter 10: The Rhythm of Lepcha Life.
Chapter 11: Birth and Childhood.
Chapter 12: Sex, Marriage and Maturity.
Chapter 13: Death.
Chapter 14: Deviants and Defectives.
Chapter 15: The Life of Kurma.
Chapter 16: The First Dirje Lapoon, His Family and Jiroong.
Chapter 17: Social Evolution and Aggression.
Appendix I.
Appendix II.
Appendix III.
Appendix IV.
Appendix V.
Appendix VI.
Vocabulary of Lepcha Words.
Index.


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Lepcha (South Asian people)--India--Sikkim
Social conditions--Ethnology

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