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Inauspicious Dreams among the Mishings of Assam, Northeast India
By: DIMPLE KAMAN, MINI BHATTACHARYYA THAKUR – Dreams are typically described as involuntary mental events that occur during a specific stage of sleep, involving a series of thoughts, images, and sensations that manifest as a dream. Dream study in a community can promote greater understanding and empathy among individuals by creating a space where people…
Turismo etnico nel Mursiland: incontri ravvicinati di un certo tipo
autenticità, autentico, authentic, authenticity Antropologia del turismo, Ethiopia, ethnic tourism, Ethnicity, Etiopia, etnicità, guests and hosts, lip-plate, Mursi, Omo Valley, piattello labiale, souvenir, Tourism, Tourism anthropology, tradition, tradizione, travel, turismo, turismo etnico, viaggiBy: SANDRA BUSATTA, MARIANNA MAZZETTO – This article aims to analyze first the relationship between tourists and natives in a liminal area such as the villages built on the road that takes tourists to Mursiland, and the dialogical construction that derives from it, which is in all respects a representation, and secondly in which way…
An Ethnographic Profile of the Monsang Tribe
By: FRANCIS MONSANG S.H., RAJESH KUMAR GAUTAM – This paper presents an ethnographic profile of the Monsang tribe, one of the lesser known Naga tribes in the Chandel district of Manipur, a northeastern state of India. The objective of the paper is to make a systematic ethnographic compilation of Monsang history, society, culture and tradition…
Tra immaginario e prodotto tipico: nuove relazioni tra cibo, tradizione e comunità locali
communities identity, Food anthropology, local farmer’s marker, local food, neotraditionalism, traditionBy: LUCIA GALASSO – Especially during the last decades of the twentieth century, a profound change in the cultural category of “folk tradition” affected particularly the rural world. Only some categories related to culinary folk heritage survived industrialization, supported by a progressive attempt to recover the traditional knowledge related to the farmers’ folk calendar and…
Il matrimonio lucano e il suo universo culturale: lo specchio di una società che cambia (seconda parte)
By: MICHELA FORGIONE – This is the second part of the survey, commissioned by the province of Potenza (Basilicata) for the “Basilicata Factory” Project, analizes the exchange of knowledge between generations through the transfer of cultural heritage in the post WW2 war Lucan wedding. The fieldwork produced a documentary account about the various steps of…
Il matrimonio lucano e il suo universo culturale: lo specchio di una società che cambia
By: MICHELA FORGIONE – This survey, commissioned by the province of Potenza (Basilicata) for the “Basilicata Factory” Project, analizes the exchange of knowledge between generations through the transfer of cultural heritage in the post WW2 war Lucan wedding. The fieldwork produced a documentary account about the various steps of it. The rituals’ analysis prompted a…
Space and Identity. A Study on the Tradition and Change of the Gujars of Himachal Pradesh
By: DIPANKAR CHATTERJEE, ARNAB DAS – The unique life-ways of the ‘Gujar’ pastoral community of India have evoked significant interest in recent time as they are struggling hard to retain their cultural identity against the increasing pressure of different forces of change. The ‘Gujars’ are wedded to herding buffaloes since long past and nurturing a…
Monterosso, fra turismo e tradizione
By: FRANCESCO BRAVIN – Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, in provincia della Spezia, è una località conosciuta e rinomata dove il turismo è attualmente la risorsa principale. Ma come ha influito il turismo sulla vita dei Monterossini? Come è cambiata la vita “tradizionale”? e come la “tradizione” entra in gioco in un contesto turistico? Fra…