A Trust from the Ancestors: Islamic Ethics and Local Tradition in a Syncretistic Ritual in East-Central Sulawesi

Abstract Molabot Tumpe is a unique traditional ritual that binds together Batui and Banggai, two geographically distant Muslim communities of East-Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The ritual consists of an annual offering of maleo bird eggs by the inhabitants of Batui to the élite of the old Banggai sul...

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Main Author: Szombathy, Zoltán 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2021, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 448-474
Further subjects:B Islamic ritual
B Banggai sultanate
B Ancestral Spirits
B religious syncretism
B Sulawesi
B Indonesia
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