Penyamun : postava cizince v současném sumbském folkloru

• Authors: Adriana Kábová

Title variants

EN

Penyamun : The image of foreigner in present-day Sumba folklore

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Penyamun is a central figure of rumors of public construction sacriface rumors and head-hunting rumors that have been recorded in Southeastern Asia since beginning of the 20th century. The aim of the present article is to analyze the present-day form of such rumors on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia. All rumors discussed herein focus on the figure of penyamun, a foreigner yearning for body parts or blood of the inhabitants of Sumba.

Keywords

EN

rumor; Sumba; Indonesia; penyamun; identity; development; resistence

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 385-401
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Adriana Kábová

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic