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Notes on Chagga customs
Tanganyika notes and records • (60) • Published In 1963 • Pages: 67-90
By: Marealle, Petro Itoshi, d.1982, Swai, R. D..
Abstract
While not a summary or survey of the entire culture, this article, written by a native chief, is a lucid account of some of the former aboriginal social-cultural institutions of the Chagga of Tanganyika. The author's observations are valuable, particularly his critical insights into the chiefly succession process, chiefly installation rituals, and the kinship-wealth-status functions in the nature of power distribution within the chieftain establishment. Among the most informative sections of the article are the data concerning the Chagga concepts of measurement, numeration, computation, and ordering of time, in relation to their agricultural and seasonal cycles. Also found are some remarks on native pottery manufacture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gilbert Winer ; 1967 : Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1958
- Coverage Place
- Chagga, Tanzania
- Notes
- Petro I Marealle ;Translated by R. D. Swai
- LCCN
- sv 89097589
- LCSH
- Chaga (African people)