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Prey into kin: the cosmological role of the pig in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak

Name: Prey into kin: the cosmological role of the pig in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak
Creator: Janowski, Monica
Keywords: 05 social sciences, 0507 social and economic geography, 0601 history and archaeology, Biodiversity, 06 humanities and the arts, 15. Life on land, Taxonomy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 06 Aug 2021Publisher:Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceJournal:Anthropozoologica, volume 56 (issn: 0761-3032,

Authors: Janowski, Monica;

doi: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2021v56a11

Prey into kin: the cosmological role of the pig in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak

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In this article I explore the role of both the wild pig (baka) and the domesticated pig (berak) among the Kelabit of Sarawak, focusing in particular on their pre-Christian cosmological role. The wild pig (mainly Sus barbatus Muller, 1838 but also Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758), the main source of wild meat in the area, used to be associated with the spirit world, particularly with the Great Spirit. The domesticated pig (Sus scrofa) was, in pre-Christian Kelabit belief and practice, important in communication with the spirit world. I suggest here that the pig is transformed into kin to humans through being fed rice, and that this may be seen as the basis for its appropriateness as a way of communicating with the spirit world.

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University of London
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School of Oriental and African Studies
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Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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