11Story

28 November 2008

Synopsis

"We have eaten the forest"

Contents:  "We have eaten the forest"  - Introduction  - Aim of the exhibition  - Synopsis        * Ethnology as an art of living        * The Sar Luk villagers        * A poetic and oral tradition        * Burning the forest of the stone spirit Goo        * Works and days        * Buffalo sacrifice        * Sickness and death         * Sar Luk today  - The purpose of ethnography: an interview with Georges Condominas with Yves Goudineau  - Biography of Georges Condominas  - Main publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis

Ethnology as an art of living

The ethnologist settles in: his house, the village Intimacy with the villagers Ethnographic fieldwork: acquiring the language and collecting artifacts

The Sar Luk villagers

A portrait gallery Everyday clothing and adornments

A poetic and oral tradition

Burning the forest of the stone spirit Goo

Sowing time Harvesting Agrarian rites

Representation of a fish rack, kaa piet, for agrarian rites; exchanged, with two others, for a cigarette lighter. Bamboo, wood shavings (representing the fish). 71.51.3.295 © musée du quai Branly, photo Patrick Gries

Works and days

Weaving In search of food Meals

Drinking tube for rice beer, ding ntuung, decorated with different motifs (from top to bottom): ngkau ntööp ("turtledove neck"); nhaa sraa; nggaar rpung ("pumpkin seed"); wial ("saw-tooth pattern") môok tlaa ("tiger cheek"); môok tôong (cheek of the mythical tôong); ndrung saa coong ("caterpillar eating dead wood"). Exchanged for a brasse of fabric with Bok, daughter of Bbaang-Aang from the village of Sar Lang. 71.1950.24.85.1 © musée du quai Branly, photo Patrick Gries

Buffalo sacrifice

The setting of the rite Putting the buffalo to death Ritual offerings and clothing

Sickness and death

Healing rites Funerals

Sar Luk today

Georges Condominas returns A Vietnamese viewpoint

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