| Description |
295 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Clarion book |
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Clarion book.
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| Contents |
Molimo: the dance of death -- The world of the village -- Elima: the dance of life -- The marriage of Kenge -- Village initiation and magic -- Forest horizons -- The world beyond -- The dream world |
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The world of the forest -- The good death of Balekimito -- The making of Camp Lelo -- The song of the forest -- The crime of Cephu, the bad hunter -- The giver of the law -- The play world of the BaMbuti |
| Summary |
This study of the BaMbuti Pygmies of the Congo has become a classic work in the finest tradition of literate anthropology. Turnbull lived among the BaMbuti for three years, not as a clinical observer, but as a friend, learning their customs and sharing their daily life. Turnbull describes their hunting parties and nomadic camps, their love affairs and ancient ceremonies--the molimo, in which the Pygmies praise the forest as provider, protector, and deity; the elima, in which the young girls come of age; and the nkumbi circumcision rites, in which the villagers of the surrounding non-Pygmy tribes attempt to assert their authority over the Pygmies, whose forest home they dare not enter |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Hima (African people)
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Mbuti (African people)
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Pygmies -- Social life and customs.
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Pygmies.
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| LC no. |
61012850 |
| ISBN |
0671201530 (paperback) |
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0671266500 |
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9780671201531 |
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