The Ntemi: The Traditional Rites in Connection with the Burial, Election, Enthronement and Magic Powers of a Sukuma Chief |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 33 |
Ceremonies during cultivation | 40 |
THE NTEMIS MAGIC CONTROL OF RAIN | 47 |
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Common terms and phrases
ancestor ancestor worship arrived banang'oma banangwa banhu Basiha batemi bizukulu bull burial busiga calabash called cattle ceremonies chicken chiefdom clan Combretum corn Cyperus papyrus dance diviner drum East Africa election enemy enthronement Euphorbia Tirucalli evil exclaimed famine finga fly-switch ghee goat grave gunguli harvest Ichimu ikuru ingredient isumbi J. G. Frazer kibiga kiheka killed kirungu kundami kutindika Lake Natron Lake Victoria laughing dove leader lion fat lion skin living lukago magic medicine matrilineal succession mbale mbiyu mbula mihayo munang'oma ndeji never nfumu wa igala nfuti wa mbula ng'oma ya mabasa ng'waka ngabe ngole wa ihanga Ngole Wihojo ntemi and ngole NTEMI'S MAGIC CONTROL Nyamwezi nzara piece pots powdered roots prepared rain rainmaker reign rites ritual round royal insignia seed sha mbula shigemero Shingira Shinyanga sing'wanda sometimes sorghum spear sprinkled stools Sukuma chief Sukumaland sungwa taboos tradition tree Combretum twins warriors worn ΙΟ