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Gusii initiation ceremonies
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 83 (1) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 9-36
By: Mayer, Philip.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes in great detail the traditional initiation ceremonies of males and females in Gusii society as they approach or arrive at puberty. Mayer notes cultural differences in the rites for Gusii youth, and changes with time, and to some extent, as the result of contact with non-Gusii cultures (e.g., missionaries).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Body alterations
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Lineages
- Clans
- Puberty and initiation
- Interlinear translations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyanza Province, southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Philip Mayer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 36)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 79006341
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)