The dancing dead : ritual and religion among the Kapsiki/Higi of north Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria / Walter E.A. van Beek.

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Prif Awdur: Beek, W. E. A. van (Awdur)
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Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Cyfres:Oxford ritual studies.
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245 1 4 |a The dancing dead :  |b ritual and religion among the Kapsiki/Higi of north Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria /  |c Walter E.A. van Beek. 
260 |a New York ;  |a Oxford :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages) :  |b illustrations 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
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490 1 |a Oxford ritual studies series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Language and orthography -- The funeral of Zra Teri Kwada -- Understanding African ritual -- Slaves, war and the wider world -- Rituals of dwelling -- At home in the mountains -- Sacrifice and the history of dwelling -- The other side of the world -- Rain and cycle of ritual -- Rituals of belonging -- Starting life -- The song of the bride -- The brass boys: initiation -- Harvesting crops, harvesting people -- The dancing dead -- Dynamics of Kapsiki ritual. 
520 |a Walter E.A. van Beek draws on over four decades of extensive fieldwork to offer an in-depth study of the religion of the Kapsiki/Higi, who live in the Mandara Mountains on the border between North Cameroon and Northeast Nigeria. Concentrating on ritual as the core of traditional religion, van Beek shows how Kapsiki/Higi practices have endured through the long and turbulent history of the region. Kapsiki rituals reveal a focus on two fundamental concepts: dwelling and belonging. Van Beek examines their sacrificial practices, through which the Kapsiki show a complex and pervasive connection with the Mandara Mountains, as well as the character of their relationships among themselves and with outsiders. Van Beek also explores their rituals of belonging, rites of passage which take place from birth through initiation and marriage - and even death, with the tradition of the ''dancing dead, '' when a fully decorated corpse on the shoulders of a smith ''dances'' with his mourning kinsmen. The Dancing Dead is the result of the author's lifelong study of the Kapsiki/Higi. It gives a unique description of the rituals in an African traditional religion based not upon ancestors, but on a completely relational thought system, where in the end all rituals are integrated into one major cycle. 
650 0 |a Kamwe (African people)  |x Rites and ceremonies. 
650 0 |a Kamwe (African people)  |x Religion. 
650 0 |a Kamwe (African people)  |x Funeral customs and rites. 
650 7 |a History & Archaeology.  |2 hilcc 
650 7 |a Regions & Countries - Africa.  |2 hilcc 
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