Total compliance with ancestral bans
Folklore provides a socially sanctioned outlet for the discussion of the forbidden and taboo. – Alan Dundes, American interpreter There are still many in the Iban community of the current generation who still submit fully to their families’ taboos or injunctions. These prohibitions are inherited from their forebears who were compelled to practise them in […]
Nature: Closeness can be enmity
The ancients often believed a celestial event like an eclipse to be a bad omen, that the sun or the moon vanishing from the sky was a harbinger of disaster, a sign of devastation or destruction to come. — Jenna Wortham, American journalist There is still some remnants of paganism in the Iban community, especially […]
