With reference to Orissa, India; articles contained in this book are previously published in various edited books and social science journals namely Man in India, The Eastern Anthropologist, Adivasi, Banaja, Orissa Review, The Orissa Historical Research Journal, The Oriental Anthropologist and the like. Some of these papers were written in response to specific invitation to contribute. These essays were written over a period of fifteen years. In the mean time, views of the author have naturally undergone a certain amount of change. But the author has held himself back from making any except minor alterations in the essays. In the reproduction of these essays only minor editorial changes have been made from the original texts.

CONTENTS:
Preface
Chapter I - Folk and Tribal Culture;
Chapter II - The Localised Versions of Universal Folklore: Re-examined in the Tribal Non-Tribal Context of Orissa;
Chapter III - Myth and Reality in Little Tradition: A Study of Dandanata in Orissa;
Chapter IV - Tribe-Caste Integration in Orissa: A Study of Nuakhai Festival;
Chapter V - Tribal - Non-tribal Interaction: A Study of Karma Festival in Sambalpur;
Chapter VI- Dalkhai: A Ritual Folkdance of Western Orissa: Some Aspects and Significance of the Ceremony;
Chapter VII- Triba Non-tribal Interaction in Orissa: A Study of Samalei/Samaleswari Devi in Sambalpur;
Chapter VIII- Tribe-Caste Interaction in Sambalpur: A Case Study of Shrine of Bhimdevta in Gainpura; Chapter IX- The Leaning Temple of Huma in Sambalpur District of Orissa;
Chapter X- Folksongs in Changing Situation: A Study of Women as Depicted in 'Sajani' songs of Sambalpur;
Index