book chapter
Peoples of Dar Fung: Ingassana-Mao group
Peoples of south-west Ethiopia and its borderland • (3) • Published In 1956 • Pages: 11-37
By: Cerulli, Ernesta.
Abstract
This ethnographic survey describes the Mao and neighboring peoples of southwestern Ethiopia. Coverage ranges from aspects of traditional culture and history to the effects of increased contact with neighboring ethnic groups—including the politically centralized Kafa with whom the southern Mao claim historical affinity, and the demographically dominant Oromo peoples who entered the area beginning in the sixteenth century. Increased incorporation into the Ethiopian state also affected Mao culture and society.
- Subjects
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Location
- Traditional history
- Linguistic identification
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Clans
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Status, role, and prestige
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Family relationships
- Ornament
- Body alterations
- Settlement patterns
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Diet
- Forest products
- Dwellings
- Alcoholic beverages
- culture
- Mao
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2018
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1870-1950
- Coverage Place
- Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia
- Notes
- By Ernesta Cerulli
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 52065119
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Ethiopia