Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 10
Chapter 3.7 Specialist lineage groups
Introduction
Alternatives of specialist lineage descent through Wasa and Tasa
The Ɗagha peacemaker lineage according to Baba Musa
Amuda and Cissus quadrangularis as divine food
How the Gazhiwe became cornblessers of Dghweɗe
Ritual experts can have specific vulnerabilities
Ɗagha and Gaske past and now
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.8 Interacting with the seasons
Introduction
The bi-annual calendrical cycle
The labour-intensive phases of the agricultural year and the lunar months
The seven moon phases and the days of the week
Two field accounts about interacting with the seasons
Bulama Ngatha's description of the bi-annual calendar
Rainmaker Ndruwe Dzuguma about his seasonal activities
Rainy and dry season in cultural-historical perspective
Locality aspects of the Dghweɗe ritual cycle
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.9 Distribution and custodianship of local shrines
Introduction
Types of shrines
The meaning of khalale (lineage shrine)
Example of the Vaghagaya lineage shrine
The sequence goes from the house to the group site
List of thaghaya (seventh born) as custodians across Dghweɗe
List of places of ritual function across Dghweɗe
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.10 Working the terraced land
Introduction
General model of Dghweɗe farm layout
Terraces and soils
Men and women and other arrangements
Not only was the making of agricultural tools essential
The importance of livestock
John Zakariya (2006) about changes in local resource management
Livestock keeping past and present
Leasing out of land to pay a son's bridewealth
Trees could be leased out as well
A new system of short-leasing of land in the plains
Reversal of significance between the guinea corn and millet years
List of useful trees
Euphorbia trees as fencing
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