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Rain: origin narratives of ritual control, 72 -76, 96 -98;

role of Rato Nale, 144 -147

Raja (toko ): native administrator in colonial Sumba, 128 -131, 317 -318;

ritual importance in indigenous society, 53 -56

Rata (Sumba, Indonesia), 33

Rato : as a Kodi title for feast-givers, 195 -196;

ratu adil (Javanese just ruler), 320 -321, 324 n6;

as a title for priests (ratu in East Sumba), 49 , 53 -56

Rato Nale: contemporary problems with government, 359 -362;

historical changes in role, 32 , 55 -56, 130 -131;

as an individual, ix , 10 , 16 , 133 -134, 334 -339;

leader of calendrical rites, 144 -147, 168 -169, 219 , 365

Reid, A., 47 , 157 , 158 , 177 , 306, 311 , 312

Relativity of time, 77 , 364 , 370 -371, 373 -375

Religion: Christian compromise with Kodi customs, 302 -305;

indigenous systems, 278 -280;

official government definition (agama ), 276 -277

See also Catholic Church; Christianity; Protestantism; Rato Nale; Spirits (marapu )

Renard-Clamagirand, B., 8

Repetition and redundancy (in ritual), 239 -240

Resink, G. I., 330

Reversals of time: as described by Eliade, 142 ;

as described by Leach, 76

Rice: origins in sacrifice, 98 -99;

planting in annual cycle, 3 , 5 , 146 -147;

recalling spirits of burned rice, 261 -262;

as a unit of value, 174 , 178 , 179 , 185 -186

Ricklefs, M. C., 91 , 321 , 324 n6

Ricoeur, P., xiii , 25

Rindi (Sumba, Indonesia), 8 , 19 , 25 , 47 , 55 , 64 -65, 70 , 254 , 268 , 341 , 346 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 368 , 369

Ritual concepts of time, 222 -223, 367 -368;

and calendrical rites, 364 -367;

in other parts of Indonesia, 368 -372

Ritual speech (panggecango ), xx , 32 -33, 44 , 241 -243

Rodgers, S., 180

Roos, S., 47 , 53 -55, 339 , 345 , 346

Rosaldo, R., 318

Roti (Indonesia), 25 , 53 , 242 , 368 , 369

Ruggles, C., 77 , 339