Nggwun Described March 99 - Contents


  A description of Nggwun

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  Summary of actions: a schematic timetable

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  Timing       Action

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  Maize        fuàgà rite

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  Sorghum     Kati at Njerep followed by Tadup dance by youths the

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  2 Bàm's      Feli for chief and Marenjo

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  1 Bàm       Feli for children

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  Day before    Yuop

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  Bàm         Main Nggwun rites (see below)

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  Cuar         Dance in market and repeat drinking in line

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  Sep          Final rites: Marenjo and chief,

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  Tadup/Njung dance by youths

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  Main Nggwun rites - sequence

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  The Nggwun ritual described

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  Chronology

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  Every two years nyima jii not nyima jong

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  NB same time as mushrooms so not Wawa like alternation of mushroom and

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  termite

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  Feli 1994

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  Feli 1996

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  The Nggwun dance.

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  The co dance.

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  The Mambila shield

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  The dress of Nggwun

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  The Nggwun procession

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  The nyu of the Chief: nyu par and nyu chok

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  Ritual names of participants in nggwun

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  Ritual chiefs

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  Procession

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  Computer Assisted Interviewing - Asking what comes next

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  The view from the village square.

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  Muddling through - thoughts on Yuob  2/1/1997

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  Summary list of different views of Nggwun ó different groups of actors

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  The view from the palace court

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  The view from the palace veranda: visitors to the village

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  Dec 18th YYY on Chiefs month

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