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The word agaria probably means a worker in ag or fire, or of Agyasur the tribal demon who was born in flame. The Agaria are the iron-smelters and blacksmiths of Central India, most numerous and characteristic in the Maikal Hills but an 'Agaria belt' may be traced all the way from Dindori to Netarhat. Because the Agaria share with the Gond, Baiga and other tribes many of the social customs and habits which go to fashion much of the pattern of their lives they have been little studied. They have, however, besides a highly developed totemistic civilization, a striking and distinctive mythology which controls and vitalizes to an unusual degree the material culture of the tribe. It was this that led Verrier Elwin, India's greatest pioneering anthropologist, to devote this study to what is unique to Agaria culture and life. The 'marriage of myth and craft' is how Elwin himself describes 'the central theme of this work (which) gives the Agaria great significance'. In successive chapters Agaria history, numbers and spread, myth, magic, craft, economy and decay are discussed and analysed, providing wonderful insights into a once vibrant culture, now in decay.
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- Title The Agaria
- Author Elwin, Verrier
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition New Edition
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Delhi, India
- Date July 16, 1992
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780195629620
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
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