Myths of the World

Tanimbarese  are an  Indonesian  ethnic group of mixed  Austronesian  and  Melanesian  in island of  Tanimbar  origin. They are majority  Christians  followed by  Muslims .  The name  Tanimbar  originated from the word  Tanempar  in  Yamdena language  or  Tnebar  in  Fordata language  meaning 'stranded'.  Tanimbar local society and social structure is based on the traditions called  Duan Lolat   [ id ] . Fundamentally Duan Lolat is the marriage tradition of the Tanimbarese, the  groom  and his family as "the ones receiving female" are called  Lolat , while the  bride 's family as "the ones giving female" are called  Duan .  Duan  will be the superior, while  Lolat  will be the subordinate in this relationship. The  bride price  that needs to be paid by the Lolat includes  sopi  traditional alcoh...

The  Ho tribe  are an  Austroasiatic  Munda  ethnic group of India. They call themselves the  Ho ,  Hodoko  and  Horo,  which mean ‘human’ in their own language. Officially, however, they are mentioned in different subgroups like Kolha, Mundari, Munda, Kol and Kolah in  Odisha . They are mostly concentrated in the  Kolhan region  of  Jharkhand  and Odisha where they constitute around 10.7% and 7.3% of the total  Scheduled Tribe  population respectively, as of 2011 . With a population of approximately 700,000 in the state in 2001, the Ho are the fourth most numerous  Scheduled tribe  in Jharkhand after the  Santals ,  Kurukhs , and  Mundas . Ho also inhabit adjacent areas in the neighboring states of  Odisha ,  West Bengal  and  Bihar  bringing the total to 806,921 as of 2001. They also live in  Bangladesh  and  Nep...