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Page 88
There is a great temple there , and the great Beragama deviyo 1 lives in it . He is
a Tamil god , so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralaso serve him in the temple . My
father used to say that he is a very great god . His power is over the jungle , and ...
There is a great temple there , and the great Beragama deviyo 1 lives in it . He is
a Tamil god , so they say ; but Sinhalese kapuralaso serve him in the temple . My
father used to say that he is a very great god . His power is over the jungle , and ...
Page 103
At either end of the broad straight street stood temples . The one at the north end
belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small ,
squat , oblong building , above which at one end rose the customary dome - like
...
At either end of the broad straight street stood temples . The one at the north end
belonged to the Beragama deviyo : the temple or dewala itself was a small ,
squat , oblong building , above which at one end rose the customary dome - like
...
Page 107
Then the pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing
camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress ' s temple .
There the kapuralas , blindfolded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
Then the pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing
camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress ' s temple .
There the kapuralas , blindfolded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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