Chihamba, the White Spirit: A Ritual Drama of the Ndembu |
Contents
CHIHAMBA THE WHITE SPIRIT | 1 |
Contents of recent issues of the Journal | 27 |
SOME NOTES ON THE SYMBOLISM OF CHIHAMBA | 69 |
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Common terms and phrases
according to Muchona act-of-being adepts and candidates ancestor spirits arrow beans beer big adepts bush calabash cassava meal cassava root chachiwahi chasing Chihamba Chihamba spirit ching'a Chokwe circumcision collected complex symbol cults of affliction dance dehi doctors episode Exegesis female adepts grandfather greet Kavula huntsmanship ibanda ikamba daChihamba ilomba isaku medicine ishikenu isoli izawu kantong'a kantong'a shrine Kavula kinds of ritual ku-lembeka ku-tumbuka Lambakasa lelu lightning lwalu maize male adepts meal mortar means Moby Dick mpanda mpemba Muchona Muchona's account mufu Mukanza Village mukoleku mukula muntu museng'u musoli tree muyeji mwani Ndembu ritual neyi ng'unda ng'uvu nkaka Nkang'a Nkula Northern Rhodesia nsompu Nyaluwema Nyamakang'a Nyamukola's hut Observations person powdered white clay principal patient represents Rhodes-Livingstone Institute rites ritual symbol sacred Sakutoha Samaseng'a Sandombu sick singing social spirit mukishi taboos white beads white symbolism winnowing basket woman women yellow-backed duiker yeyi Yibi yileng'a rattles