Nage
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Wife and daughters of Raga Noli, the Raja (King) of a village in Nage, Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (Flores), Indonesia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (68,400[1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia | |
| Languages | |
| Li'o language | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic Christian (predominantly), Islam, Folk |
The Nage are an indigenous people living on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores.
Study of the tribe
In 1940, Officer Louis Fontijne produced a Dutch Colonial Service study entitled Grondvoogden in Kelimado (Guardians of the land in Kelimado), Kelimado being a region included in the Nage district of central Flores. Commissioned as an investigation of indigenous land tenure and leadership, the study was the only comprehensive description of Nage society and culture produced during the colonial period.[2]
In 1983, anthropologist Gregory Forth renewed interest in the tribe, revisiting the islands while seeking a copy of Fontijne's complete study.[2]
Forth has also hypothesized a possible connection between the local stories of the Ebu Gogo, a creature in Nage mythology,[3] and the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a possible species of extinct hominid, hence a renewed interest in the tribe.[4]
References
- ↑ "Nage in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- 1 2 Forth, Gregory (March 2003). "A small world after all". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ↑ John Hawks (24 June 2005). "Stalking the wild ebu gogo". Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ Forth, Gregory (2005). "Hominids, hairy hominoids and the science of humanity". Anthropology Today. 21 (3): 13–17. doi:10.1111/j.0268-540X.2005.00353.x. Retrieved 2009-12-01. (Abstract, Wiley Interscience)
Further reading
- Fontijne, Louis; Gregory Forth; Han F. Vermeulen (2005). Guardians Of The Land In Kelimado: Louis Fontijne's Study Of A Colonial District In Eastern Indonesia. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-90-6718-223-2.
External links
- "Ancestral Couple (Ana Deo), 19th–early 20th century". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2009-12-01. - an example of Nage art
- Forth, Gregory (September 2009). "Separating the dead: the ritual transformation of affinal exchange in central Flores". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Royal Anthropological Institute. 15 (3): 557–574. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01572.x.
