Indo-China and its primitive people

Agriculture--Industries--Weaving, iron and copper mining--Commerce and industrial products--Food supplies--Fishing--How we once fished with dynamite--Hunting--Various methods of...

The beginnings of Islam in Indo-China--Rites which accompany initiation into the priestly caste--The gods of Cham--Temples--Resemblance between the architecture of the Cham and...

The relations between the development of language and social evolution--An enigmatic system of writing--Knotted cords, knotches in sticks, and their accessories--The evolution o...

The Moï being essentially an agricultural people it is not difficult to believe that a large number of agrarian rites enliven the monotony of their daily life. We must also remi...

No one with the least experience of the savage, no matter to what race he may belong, will deny that the best way to win his friendship is to cure his ailments.

General characteristics of the Cham--A Mohammedan group--Its place among ancient civilizations--Social life--Dress and ornaments--The calendar--Rites accompanying the constructi...

The Moï who inhabit the more northerly portion of this country have largely fallen under the domination of their neighbours the Laotians. In the south, however, in spite of thei...

Tribal and proprietary signs--Tattooing and mutilation--Principles and practice of the taboo--Its survival in modern Europe--The incarnation of Spirits in stones, trees and anim...

The exorcisms of the "Padjao" directed towards expelling disease from the bodies of the Cham are too similar to those of the Moï sorceress to merit description, which would be l...

Whether the Moï is considered as an undeveloped or a degenerate being (and the consideration will be determined by the school of thought to which the inquirer adheres) it is bey...

It is well known that the ancient matriarchal system of government and ownership still flourishes among certain peoples who inhabit the peninsula of the Ganges and some groups o...

All students of primitive man have observed that egoism is one of his most prominent characteristics. Hence it is not difficult to believe that the extravagant attention he pays...

The relation between the evolution of artistic expression and social development as illustrated by the Moï and the Laotians--The intimate connection between Music, Dance and Sta...

General characteristics of the Moï--A legend as to their selection of a home--The part played by ocean currents in the distribution of races--Had primitive peoples a sense of di...

Of all the races which inhabit Indo-China the Cham come easily first for the variety and individuality of their agrarian rites. There is practically no difference between the Ba...

No nation which desires worthily to fulfil the rôle of Protector to the barbarous races on whom it proposes to confer the benefits of civilization can afford to remain ignorant...

The relation between the evolution of artistic expression and social development as illustrated by the Moï and the Laotians--The intimate connection between Music, Dance and Sta...

The relations between the development of language and social evolution--An enigmatic system of writing--Knotted cords, notches in sticks and their accessories--The evolution of...

Tribal and proprietary signs--Tattooing and mutilation--Principles and practice of the taboo--Its survival in modern Europe--The incarnation of Spirits in stones, trees and anim...

General characteristics of the Moï--A legend as to their selection of a home--The part played by ocean currents in the distribution of races--Had primitive peoples a sense of di...

Agriculture--Industries--Weaving, iron and copper mining--Commerce and industrial products--Food supplies--Fishing--How we once fished with dynamite--Hunting--Various methods of...

General characteristics of the Cham--A Mohammedan group--Its place among ancient civilizations--Social life--Dress and ornaments--The calendar--Rites accompanying the constructi...

The beginnings of Islam in Indo-China--Rites which accompany initiation into the priestly caste--The gods of Cham--Temples--Resemblance between the architecture of the Cham and...