Papers by Rafal Beszterda
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia, 2021
The Moravian Brethren formed a very particular community within the Protestant Church. Above all,... more The Moravian Brethren formed a very particular community within the Protestant Church. Above all, they had a distinct understanding of the Christian ministry and, consequently, their group had a disctinct missionary character. They were the first to undertake Protestant missions among peoples living far from the centers of civilization and administrative power. This paper describes the author’s encounter with the Himala- yan cultures and traces of Moravian missionaries’ work in the area, discerned over many years of research focusing on the past European activity, its contexts and the durability of cultural solutions it promoted.
New Perspectives on Modern Ladakh. Fresh Discoveries and Continuing Conversations in the Indian Himalaya, 2021
Rafał Beszterda, John Bray, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (eds.), , Toruń University Press, Toruń 20... more Rafał Beszterda, John Bray, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (eds.), , Toruń University Press, Toruń 2021, pp. 133-154,. eISBN: 978-83-231-4723-7
The earliest literary sources concerned with Apis cerana beekeeping come from the Rigveda Canon. ... more The earliest literary sources concerned with Apis cerana beekeeping come from the Rigveda Canon. I incline towards the view that the Aryan warriors, at the time of expansion from the Indus area, had the knowledge about honey hunting, but they became skilful beekeepers only gradually when they moved towards the Himalayan valleys. In the forests there, Apis cerana colonies were most likely in great abundance. If even the Aryans were "hardly more than hunters" (Joshi et al 1980), prior to coming to Himachal they surely became skilful apiarists. It can be said, on the basis of literary sources, that the starting point of Aryan beekeeping is the Ribhu's brother’s innovation (Joshi et al, after Dave). It was a kind of simple skep. In that time the knowledge about bees was not limited to recognition of two kinds of honey: from A.dorsata and A. cerana. It was known that combs consist of hexagonal cells placed in rows, and that honeycomb with ripe honey is sealed. The Aryans ma...
Ethnologia Polona, 2017
Introduction to the thematic volume of the scientific journal Ethnolgia Polona, under the title "... more Introduction to the thematic volume of the scientific journal Ethnolgia Polona, under the title "Himalayan and Tibetan Identities in Contemporary Perspective".
Iaie Pan Nr Inw Dr 210, 2006
Should be cited: Rafal Beszterda, The Shipki la and its Place in Crossborder Trade between India ... more Should be cited: Rafal Beszterda, The Shipki la and its Place in Crossborder Trade between India and Tibet, “Tibet Journal" (Dharamsala, India), vol. XL, No.2, Autumn/Winter 2015, pp. 239-259, /ISSN 0970-5368/.
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Rafał Beszterda & Anna Szymoszyn (red.) 2017. Ethnologia Polona: Himalayan and Tibetan Identities in Contemporary Perspective. 37:2016 (2017), 2017
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