Naming

Cult of the Dead

Weaning and Food Training

Termination of Marriage

Inheritance

Secondary Marriages

Dependency

Social Relationships and Groups

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Gender Status

Basis of Marriage

Bibliographies in Sources

Polygamy

Sorcery

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Social Readjustments to Death

Population

Composition of Population

Settlement Patterns

Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics

Processing of Basic Materials

Production and Supply

Real Property

Lineages

Community Heads

Towns

Community Structure

Districts

Offenses Against Life

Life and Death

Dying

Animism

Mutual Aid

Place Names

Territorial Hierarchy

Premarital Sex Relations

Illegitimacy

Kinship Terminology

Sanctions

Offenses Against the Person

Division of Labor by Gender

Social Control

Ethos

Cannibalism

Eschatology

Organization and Analysis of Results

Luck and Chance

Difficult and Unusual Births

Material Not Relevant

Linguistic Identification

Magical and Mental Therapy

Revelation and Divination

Magic

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Ethnometeorology

Bodily Injuries

Medical Therapy

Medical Personnel

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Ingroup Antagonisms

Informal in-Group Justice

Transmission of Skills

Puberty and Initiation

Sacred Objects and Places

Tillage

Prayers and Sacrifices

Organized Ceremonial

Slavery

Household

Leisure Time Activities

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Verbal Arts

Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

External Migration

Population Policy

Traditional History

Historical Reconstruction

External Relations

Wartime Adjustments

Disasters

Topography and Geology

Military Installations

Identification

Glossary

Status, Role, and Prestige

Accumulation of Wealth

Classes

Grammar

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Medium of Exchange

Exchange Transactions

Internal Trade

Retail Marketing

Occupational Specialization

Missions

Reviews and Critiques

Theory of Disease

Spirits and Gods

Ethnozoology

Location

Domesticated Animals

Dwellings

Speech

CULTURE SUMMARY: BAGISU

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

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The Bagisu or Gisu live on the western slopes of the now extinct volcano Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. Lugisu (Masaba), the language of the Bagisu, is a Bantu language in the larger Niger-Congo group of languages. The economy is based on sedentary agriculture, with some raising of cattle, goats, and sheep. In pre-colonial days (prior to 1900) settlements were built high on the mountainside for defensive purposes. With the pacification of the region, settlements have spread into the valleys and plains. Traditional territorial units ranged from the neighborhood, to the village, the village cluster, and the district.  The twentieth century socio-political unit is the parish.

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