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Docta Complutense
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Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
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Alonso Población, Enrique
2023-06-16T13:04:18Z
2023-06-16T13:04:18Z
2023
9789087283957
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/2521
https://www.lup.nl/publications/other/anthropology/economic-diversity-in-contemporary-timor-leste/
This chapter addresses some economic aspects of the ritual exchange regime in Timor-Leste. Drawing on quantitative data gathered in the village of Faulara (Liquiçá municipality) through a household survey and a qualitative case study on the marriage rituals involving a particular household, we show how ceremonies structured around fertility-giver/fertility-taker (umane/mane-foun) relations constitute only a small part of ritual activity in which other types of relationships such as neighbourhood and friendship play a central role as well. Building on that and considering the ritual exchange regime in a broader way, we show how the ritual exchange regime can work as a credit and savings union as well as a safety and solidarity network. In a broader theoretical perspective, we analyse how people use rituals as an economic mechanism and propose that they serve to ensure the economic security and redistribution embedded in kinship and everyday social networks.
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Atribución 3.0 España
The serimónia network: economic mobilisation through rituals in the hamlet of Faulara, Liquiçá
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