How Long to Read The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West by Hetty Nooy-Palm

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Until about 1870 the Sa'dan-toraja of Sulawesi had little contact with the outside world. Several factors, of which the introduction of the coffee-growing and the coffee trade was chronologically one of the first, have changed their life as a megalithic people enmeshed in mythology and ritual drastically. The conversion of nearly half the population to Christianity after 1945 brought a particularly profound change in Sa'dan-Toraja society. Old customs, in particular as regards funerary rites, have a tenacious life, however. In autochthonous Toraja culture rituals are the main focus of attention. They are divided into ceremonies of the East and those of the West. The former, associated with sunrise and life, comprise feasts of the living; yellow and white are the colours belonging to these joyous festivals. The West is associated with sunset, death and darkness; the main colour connected with it is black. So death rituals are referred to a “night ceremonies”. In time these death feasts grew more and more complicated, finally overshadowing the festivals of the East.

How long is The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West?

The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West by Hetty Nooy-Palm is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West?

The Sa'dan-Toraja: Rituals of the East and West is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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