Chapter I: Tabooed Days at Critical Epochs

The institution of taboo in the Hawaiian Islands, pp. 8,
9.—Observance there of tabooed days, pp. 9, 10.—Likeness between
the Hawaiian Sabbaths and the sabbatarian regulations introduced by
missionaries, p. 10.—Communal taboos imposed when a chief temple
was consecrated, pp. 11-13; at the time of the celebration of the
New Year’s festival, p. 13; and in connection with the taking of
certain fish, p. 14.—The four regular _tabu_ periods in the Hawaiian
month, pp. 14, 15.—Tabooed days observed in the Society Islands,
the Marquesas Islands, and New Zealand, pp. 15-17.—In the Tonga
Islands a period of taboo imposed at the time of the first-fruits’
sacrifice, pp. 18, 19.—Days kept sacred to certain gods in Samoa and
other parts of Polynesia, pp. 19-21.—Tabooed days of the Fijians,
pp. 21-24.—Other instances of communal rest days in Polynesia,
pp. 24, 25.—General significance of the Polynesian evidence, p.
25.—Tabooed days not unknown in New Guinea, p. 26.—Tabooed days in
Borneo, pp. 26, 27.—Those observed by the Kayan of Sarawak and Dutch
Borneo, pp. 27-33; by the Iban or Sea Dyak, pp. 33-35; and by the
Land Dyak, pp. 36, 37.—General significance of the Bornean evidence,
pp. 37-39.—Observance of seasons of communal repose confined to the
Indonesian population of Borneo, pp. 39, 40.—Tabooed days in the
Nicobar Islands, pp. 40, 41; in Bali and Nias, pp. 41-43; in the
Mentawi Islands, pp. 43, 44; in Formosa, p. 44; and in the Philippine
Archipelago, pp. 44-49.—The _genna_ among the Naga tribes of Manipur,
pp. 49-53.—_Genna_ customs among other peoples of Assam, pp.
53-55.—Customs allied to the _genna_ in Burma, pp. 55-58.—Indo-China
probably the centre of diffusion of the _genna_, p. 58.—Resemblance
of communal rest days to the practice of the _couvade_, pp. 58,
59.—Psychological and sociological aspects of these communal
regulations, pp. 59, 60.—Days of abstinence and quiescence mark
crises in the community life, pp. 60, 61.