essay

The dancing of the Somali

Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti3Published In 1964 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 11 [original: 41-44 ]

By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In addition to a brief discussion of some of the named dances performed by various Somali subgroups, and their functional value to the society as a whole, the greater part of this source deals in some detail with the various dance movements of a DAB-SID or Somali New Year's Day ceremony personally observed by the author at Mahaddäy on the Webi in August 1919.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Dance
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Somali
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Lawyer
Social Scientist
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
John Beierle ; Sigrid Khera ; 1972
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1919
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1919
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
NotesAdditional notes
Enrico Cerulli
Translation of: La danza dei Somali.
The original Italian text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Piero Biancani
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
60024993
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Somalis