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One of the main difficulties is that the Negritos, being a preliterate people, do not possess any written sacred scripts...

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One of the main difficulties is that the Negritos, being a preliterate people, do not possess any written sacred scripts...

Description

"One of the main difficulties is that the Negritos, being a preliterate people, do not possess any written sacred scripts or documents, as it is that informants are likely to give different answers to one's questions, thus creating an impression of a lack of conformity, and even of confusion. Similarly, the various tribes and even the different nomadic bands at times, will have different interpretations of what is accepted as dogma. But this impression of a lack of conformity and confusion must not be exaggerated for after all, even the followers of the world's great religions, especially the laymen, will by no means be able to provide identical accounts of what they believe in."

Creator

Iskandar Carey

Source

Iskandar Carey. (1976). Orang Asli the aboriginal tribes of Peninsular Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. p.90.

DS595 A3Cap

Date

1976

Contributor

amirul

Type

Book