Village head
A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town.[1]
Usage
Brunei
In
China
In China, village head (simplified Chinese: 村长; traditional Chinese: 村長; pinyin: cūn zhǎng) is a local government or tribal post. The village headman is the person appointed to administer an area that is often a single village.
Duties and functions
The headman has several official duties in the village, and is sometimes seen as a mediator in disputes and a general “fixer” of village or individuals problems.
Examples of headmanship have been observed among the
Indonesia
The village head in Indonesia is called Kepala Desa.
Malaysia
Generally in
Philippines
Head of a barangay or village in the Philippines
Historical usage
China
In Qing-era village official
Japan
In Edo period Japan, the village head was called nanushi (名主) and was in charge of tax collection, general village administration, management of public natural resources (such as mountain, field, river and ocean) of the village, as well as negotiating with the territorial lord as the representative of the villagers.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "What does a Village Head do? (with picture)". wiseGEEK. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ Ruth Benedict. Patterns of Culture, New American Library, 1934
- ^ Marvin Harris. Our Kind, Harper Perennial, 1989
- ISBN 978-4582096316.
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