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Sea Hunters of Indonesia is a comprehensive study of the coastal community of Lamalera, whose traditional ways of life make it unique. One is an unusual kind of sea-fishing: the hunting of whales, porpoises, and giant manta rays. The other is the production, by women of the community, of remarkable fine dyed textiles.
Recently these traditions have come under intense pressure from external economic influences, and the people of Lamalera are starting to move into modern occupations. The community, famous for the beauty of its setting as well as for its crafts, is now a major tourist attraction, and it may now survive only as part of the tourist industry.
At this crucial point in the history of the region, R. H. Barnes offers a richly detailed and beautifully illustrated picture of the culture and economy of Lamalera, the fruit of many years' study. He records all aspects of life in Lamalera, and places it in the broader context of past, present, and future of Indonesia as a whole.
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Economic conditions, Fishing, Fishing villages, Lamaholot (Indonesian people), Lamaholot Textile fabrics, Social life and customs, Textile fabrics, Lamaholot, Ethnology, indonesia, Textile fabrics, indonesia, Indonesia, economic conditions, Indonesia, social life and customsPlaces
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Sea hunters of Indonesia: fishers and weavers of Lamalera
1996, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
in English
019828070X 9780198280705
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-430) and indexes.
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