A description of Nggwun |
Summary of actions: a schematic timetable |
Timing Action |
Maize fuàgà rite |
Sorghum Kati at Njerep followed by Tadup dance by youths the |
2 Bàm's Feli for chief and Marenjo |
1 Bàm Feli for children |
Day before Yuop |
Bàm Main Nggwun rites (see below) |
Cuar Dance in market and repeat drinking in line |
Sep Final rites: Marenjo and chief, |
Tadup/Njung dance by youths |
Main Nggwun rites - sequence |
The Nggwun ritual described |
Chronology |
Every two years nyima jii not nyima jong |
NB same time as mushrooms so not Wawa like alternation of mushroom and |
termite |
Feli 1994 |
Feli 1996 |
The Nggwun dance. |
The co dance. |
The Mambila shield |
The dress of Nggwun |
The Nggwun procession |
The nyu of the Chief: nyu par and nyu chok |
Ritual names of participants in nggwun |
Ritual chiefs |
Procession |
Computer Assisted Interviewing - Asking what comes next |
The view from the village square. |
Muddling through - thoughts on Yuob 2/1/1997 |
Summary list of different views of Nggwun ó different groups of actors |
The view from the palace court |
The view from the palace veranda: visitors to the village |
Dec 18th YYY on Chiefs month |