 | Reinhold Rost - 1887 - 322 páginas
...bamboo led up to it in the rear. In the centre there is a small house, affording a last resting-place to the victim, in which she waits until the ceremonies...his body has begun to burn. The side of the bamboo scaflbld nearest to the fire is protected by a wall of wet Pisang-stems. Upon the bridge lies a plank... | |
 | Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - 1999 - 372 páginas
...to bum. The side of the bamboo scaffold nearest the fire is protected by a wall of wet banana stems. Upon the bridge lies a plank smeared with oil, which...fire as soon as the time for the leap draws near. There is a door at the end of the bridge that is not removed until the last minute. The victim sits... | |
 | Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - 1999 - 372 páginas
...led up to it in the rear. In the centre there is a small house, affording a last resting place for the victim, in which she waits until the ceremonies...her husband are finished and his body has begun to bum. The side of the bamboo scaffold nearest the fire is protected by a wall of wet banana stems. Upon... | |
 | 1904 - 514 páginas
...R. Asiatic Society, ns 9, 103: In the centre there is a small house, affording a last restingplace to the victim, in which she waits until the ceremonies...husband are finished and his body has begun to burn.) Nach Tavernier 3, 159 1> herrschte die Sitte, eine solche Hütte zu erbauen, in dem Königreich Quzeratc,... | |
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... about forty feet long and from sixteen to eighteen feet high ; steps of bamboo led up to it in the rear. In the centre there is a small house, affording a last... 