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Description:Soul of the Tiger takes us to an exotic world where human life is intimately linked with rhinos and cobras, crocodiles, elephants and man-eating tigers.During two decades, the authors, American conservationists and adventurers, lived and learned in Southeast Asia - from Thailand and Burma, to Cambodia and Vietnam, to Malaysia and Indonesia. Their fascinating, bizarre, and often hilarious accounts reveal the vital connection between these people and their animal neighbors. To the villagers, animals are omens, deities, meat, leather, jungle tractors, competitors, and even ancestors.They authors tell of a Borneo farmer who, though an Evangelical Christian, waits to plant his rice until the yellow wagtail arrives. Of animal fights that fill the needs once met by headhunting. Of Indonesians who hunt whales by leaping onto their backs from small sailboats. Of Malaysians and Indonesians who believe that man-eating tigers carry the souls of their victims. From such encounters, the authors learned ways to preserve the delicate balance between human and animal lives in all economically developing parts of the worldSoul of the Tiger is an invitation to join the search for nature's answers in exotic places and states of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia. To get started finding Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 390

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press

Release: —

ISBN: 0824816692

Description: Soul of the Tiger takes us to an exotic world where human life is intimately linked with rhinos and cobras, crocodiles, elephants and man-eating tigers.During two decades, the authors, American conservationists and adventurers, lived and learned in Southeast Asia - from Thailand and Burma, to Cambodia and Vietnam, to Malaysia and Indonesia. Their fascinating, bizarre, and often hilarious accounts reveal the vital connection between these people and their animal neighbors. To the villagers, animals are omens, deities, meat, leather, jungle tractors, competitors, and even ancestors.They authors tell of a Borneo farmer who, though an Evangelical Christian, waits to plant his rice until the yellow wagtail arrives. Of animal fights that fill the needs once met by headhunting. Of Indonesians who hunt whales by leaping onto their backs from small sailboats. Of Malaysians and Indonesians who believe that man-eating tigers carry the souls of their victims. From such encounters, the authors learned ways to preserve the delicate balance between human and animal lives in all economically developing parts of the worldSoul of the Tiger is an invitation to join the search for nature's answers in exotic places and states of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia. To get started finding Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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