Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 12
Illustration of dress and body adornment plus other items used for dzum zugune 368
Discussion of dress codes and other performance elements of dzum zugune 384
Discussion of the first stage (ngwa hamtiwe)
385
Discussion of the second stage (ngwa garda and ngwa kwalanglanga)
386
Discussion of the third stage (ngwa yiye)
389
Discussion of the fourth and final stage (bak zalika)
392
Open questions arising from our oral sources in relation to the role of
Gudule
393
Comparison of the equivalent of dzum zugune among the Dghweɗe
neighbours
397
From traditional to modern – socio-economic changes and crisis
management
401
Conclusion
405
Chapter 3.15 Dghweɗe ideas around existential personhood
Introduction
Reconstructing Dghweɗe ideas around the structure of the mind
Vulnerability to witchcraft and sorcery in the light of opposing character
traits
The transformational aspect of existential personhood beyond humans
Proclaiming innocence by individuals accused of sorcery or witchcraft in the
past
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.16 Localisted flat-earth worldview and cosmology
Introduction
This world (luwa) as a mountainous disc with a hard sky above (ghaluwa)
Tale of how stones stopped being main source of food after arrival of guinea
corn
Dghweɗe ideas around the concept of a Supreme Being (gwazgafte)
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.17 The importance of Durghwe as a mountain shrine
Introduction
Photographs I took to document the various aspects of Durghwe
A cartographic reconstruction of its possible visibility by Barth in June 1851
Zakariya Kwire and dada Ɗga of Ghwa'a explain
The cosmological architecture of Durghwe
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.18 The significance of the seventh and the eighth-born
child
Introduction
The Dghweɗe naming tradition
The seventh born and the system of inheritance
The ritual responsibilities of the seventh born
From infanticide to adoption
The lucky and the unlucky ones
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