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Traditional practices among the Luguru in eastern Tanzania
Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research • (13) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 57-65
By: Mluanda, Martin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief description of aspects of traditional Luguru religion, with particular focus on collectively-enforced norms and moralistic restrictions related to puberty/menarche, first pregnancy, childbirth, and sexual intercourse. The main concern of the discussion is to determine whether these customary practices can be of some help in trying to expand Christianity at the lineage and community levels.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Cult of the dead
- Organized ceremonial
- Puberty and initiation
- Techniques of socialization
- Spirits and gods
- Animism
- Avoidance and taboo
- Purification and atonement
- Menstruation
- Childbirth
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luguru
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Cleric
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martin Mluanda
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008204531 2008204531
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luguru (African people)