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Les Wa lu guru

Anthropos45 (1/3)Published In 1950 • Pages: 241-286

By: Scheerder, Tastevin.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a concise ethnography by a Dutch missionary who lived among the Luguru over a nine-year period between the two World Wars. It briefly covers a wide range of topics, including clan organization, traditional history, birth, naming, puberty rites, daily routine, inheritance, religion, and divination practices.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history
Eating
Dwellings
Real property
Personal names
Mode of marriage
Kinship terminology
Clans
Shamans and psychotherapists
Cult of the dead
Spirits and gods
Revelation and divination
Magicians and diviners
Childbirth
Difficult and unusual births
Puberty and initiation
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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Missionary
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2020
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930-1950
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
Par les RR. PP. Scheerder et Tastevin C.S. Sp.
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
07021775
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Luguru (African people)