Mararoko: A Study in Melanesian Religion

By Mary N. MacDonald

Mararoko describes the traditional and changing life of the South Kewa people of Papua New Guinea. Through discussion of story-telling, ritual performance and the power of pigs, the author suggests that an idiom of exchange integrates the various domains of Kewa cultural experience and provides a means of change. The work is accompanied by a collection of stories, historical accounts and songs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820411949
• ISBN13: 9780820411941
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 592 Pages