Male initiation rituals used to be of central importance for the Sepik River societies of Papua New Guinea. Among the Karawari-speaking Ambonwari they were characterized by two idiosyncratic song-dances: one associated with the spirit-crocodiles and the other with the bamboo flutes. Hence, the songs of the flute and crocodile were the most secret songs known only to a small number of ‘big men’. Since the Catholic charismatic movement entered the village at the end of 1994 all previously important rituals were slowly abandoned and so were the song-dances of the crocodile and flute. By analyzing various transpositions of meanings in the song of the flute one can detect vanishing cultural values and fading social relationships that these verses were meant to sustain.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36920109
The chapter examines the Orthodox pilgrimage to Stavridi in Himarë/Himara area of southern Albania, which is undertaken every 14 August on the evening before the Feast of the Assumption, one of the most important Orthodox festivals. This particular pilgrimage is interesting from an ethnographic point of view because it brings together the local population with emigrants, who are originally from the Himara area but mainly live in Athens in Greece and seasonally return to their native land to attend this pilgrimage. I argue that the emigrants through their pilgrimage re-enact the routes of their on-going return movements. Through these movements they redefine their sense of home and belonging. The chapter focuses on the processes of home-making that generate new meanings through which emigrants seek to guarantee their attachment to ‘their’ place. In today’s fast-changing economic and political relations, the meanings of home and locality can be fruitfully related to a given group’s sense of rootedness in a particular locale as well as to the perpetual movements and migrations.
COBISS.SI-ID: 37429037
The article published in one of the most important journals in the field of archaeology presents the application of sky-view factor visualization method for detection of archaeological sites. It presents visualisation techniques of high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for visual detection of archaeological features. The methods commonly used in archaeology are reviewed, their strengths and weaknesses are described, and improvements and best used cases are suggested.
COBISS.SI-ID: 34739757
The paper in one of the most important journals dealing with application of remote sensing examines whether satellite images can be used to see a green wave in the small but geographically diverse territory of Slovenia. We used the phenological products of the MODIS satellite system to analyse and calculate the correlations between the onset, decrease, and duration of greenness on one hand, and the elevation and distance from the sea on the other. A statistically reliable significant correlation was determined between onset of greenness increase (onset of the vegetation period) and elevation. Other correlations did not attain such a high significance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36822829
The book presents the results of the 2007 field season of archaeological surveys in southeastern Campeche, Mexico. Surface pottery and architectural characteristics indicate occupation from the Middle Preclassic to the Terminal Classic period, as already established by previous reconnaissance works, and shed light on relations with the neighboring regions. The sites that have been examined are remains of settlements of different hierarchical ranks. Civic and ceremonial buildings, as well as stelae and other stone monuments, attest to the sociopolitical significance of certain urban centers. Remains of walls were found around two major urban cores mapped with a total station; their defensive role is most obvious in the case of the main complex of Uitzilná, situated on elevated grounds and surrounded by wetlands (bajos). The data collected so far in southeastern Campeche contribute substantially to the understanding of social organization, political geography and general cultural development of the Maya in the central lowlands.
COBISS.SI-ID: 272301056