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20 janvier 2022
- handle: 10670/1.bxy1q8
- isbn: 9782856539286
- eisbn: 9782856539293
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Khamti éléphant domestication ethnographie multi-espèces travail inter-espèces Inde du Nord-Est conservation peuple Tai Asie du Sud Khamti elephant domestication multispecies ethnography interspecies labor Northeast India conservation Tai people South Asia Anthropology SOC002000 JHMSujets proches
Elephantidae Animals, Domestication ofCiter ce document
Nicolas Lainé, « Introduction of the first part », Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, ID : 10670/1.bxy1q8
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Amongst the Khamti, living with elephants begins, first and foremost with going into the forest to capture an animal. Chapter “Mela shikar: a perilous venture” describes the method employed by the Khamti to capture forest elephants: the mela shikar. This chapter also presents the specialists in charge of the operations, the phandi, and describes the general framework of a capture operation in the present time. Capturing a forest elephant is a venture in...