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Agricultural ceremonies in Natal and Zululand
Bantu studies • 14 • Published In 1929 • Pages: 357-383
By: Lugg, H. C. (Harry Camp).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article compares the observance of the First Fruit Ceremony by the Amafunze tribe of Natal with that of the Amabaso of KwaZulu-Natal, and both in turn with those ceremonies observed by the Zulu kings in early historic times. Most of the informationn was obtained from two informants, Nqaka Ngcobo of the Amafunze and Mageva Kanyile of the Amabaso who frequently assisted with these agricultural ceremonies in their respective tribes. The historical data dealing with the observance of these ceremonies by the Zulu kings came from an account in the Zulu language, contained in 'Uhlangakula' by James Stuart (p. 358, ftn. 1). The author notes that the First Fruit Ceremony has three primary functions in society: (1) to strengthen the chief or kins, (2) to strengthen the army, and (3) the assurance of sanctified and ample crop (p. 360).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Music
- Provinces
- Chief executive
- Military organization
- Cult of the dead
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern 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.
- Government Official
- 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 ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1800-1920s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. C. Lugg
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35011239
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)