A Frenchman who served in colonial Indochina describes the Moï peoples of its highlands: their villages and crafts, family and social life, religious beliefs, sacrifices and rites, and the spirits that govern sickness, harvest and death. He writes in support of what he calls France’s civilising role, and his attitudes are those of the colonial era.
A detailed early ethnography, valuable as a record of customs and of colonial thinking alike. Download the free EPUB.