TY - BOOK ID - 135196003 TI - The Accounts of Jong PY - 2014 SN - 3825374181 9783825374181 PB - Heidelberg Universitätsverlag Winter DB - UniCat KW - Anthropology KW - Papua New Guinea KW - Science. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135196003 AB - The author of this book investigates a system of indigenous thought that pervades the life in Kayan, a village at the North-Coast of Papua New Guinea in a multitude of ways. The material is framed from the perspective of the former village elder Blasius Jong. With its roots in pre-missionary time, this system links different spheres of life and constitutes the basis for the organization of religious as well as of daily activities. Emanating from myths and a traditional calendar, the conceptions of person, time and space are discussed and the impact on social structure and religious life is hig ER -