The Balinese Sidikara
Ancestors, Kinship and Rank
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2868529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingela Gerdin (1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 137 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-34 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003507 |
| OpenAlex | W1995101603 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Many variations are to be found in Balinese culture and social life, but these may be said to be variations on common themes, differently combined and emphasized. maintenance of ritually recognized relations between the living and their ancestors is one such theme; it is central to Balinese kinship and constitutes the focal point of the sidikara, an institution of marked importance to the Balinese in Lombok.1 sidikara group is composed of kinsmen honouring com mon ancestors, or, more generally phrased, a common source of origin (kawitan), usually undefined, as genealogies are seldom kept. To the Balinese in Lombok, the sidikara relations are essential in defining a person's place in the social and ritual universe. The sidikara is what makes us tied (terikat), informants state emphatically. To be tied (terikat) is viewed as opposed to being independent and modern. Terikat is used to describe the relation of a person to a group
Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Kinship · Rank (graph theory · Relation (database · Sociology · Theme (computing · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |