1 Principles and Variations in the Structure of Sumbanese Society

Endenese Fisheries:Exploratory Findings on Environmental Perceptions, Fish Effort, and Overfishing in Eastern Indonesia

“…Coastal Endenese have a complex origin. They reflect a mix between local hinterland groups (i.e., Ata Lio and Ata Nage Keo`), Javanese and Chinese traders, Bimanese warriors, Sumbanese slaves, and migrant Bugis, Butonese and Makassarese fishermen from Sulawesi (Dietrich 1983;Knaap and Sutherland 2004;Nakagawa 1984Nakagawa , 1996Needham 1968Needham , 1980Sareng Orin Bao 1969;Tule 2004). Islam spread in the 16th century through trade and resulted in the consolidation of Buginese cultural traits to the expense of local characteristics (Edjid 1979).…”

Por uma teoria espacial do parentesco

“…Por dentro, cada casa é dividida em um "grande piso" (kaheli bokulu) à direita da porta (vista do interior) e um "piso frio" à esquerda, o primeiro constituindo o lado masculino e cerimonial, o segundo o lado feminino e doméstico (o lado direito só é acessível a uma mulher após o pagamento completo do dote). A mesma dicotomia se aplica às partes frontal e posterior da casa, que (à diferença do caso atoni) são conceitualizadas como "interior" e "exterior" segundo sua distância do centro da aldeia (Needham 1980;Adams 1980;Forth 1981).…”

Principles and variations in the social classification of Komodo

“…This outcome cannot wholly be ascribed to the reihforcement effected by immigrants and their institutions. The Sumbanese who by tradition were early arrivals on Komodo may not have come from parts of Sumba where asymmetrie preseriptive systems prevailed; if they came from anywhere to the west of Mamboru their own 1 classification would have been non-prescriptive (Needham 1980a), and all they would have contributed would be a commitment to the practice of asymmetrie (matrilateral) alliance that is common throughout Nusa Tenggara Timur (Needham 1984). In any event, there are no distinctly Sumbanese terms in the Komodo vocabulary.…”