essay
Nubian death ceremonies
Nubian ceremonial life : studies in Islamic syncretism and cultural change • University Of California Press • Published In 1978 • Pages: 224-244
By: Kennedy, John G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a description and analysis of Nubian funeral and grieving ceremonies. The ceremonies reveal a syncretistic complex of orthodox and popular Islamic practices with elements of ancient Nubian religious ritual. The author focuses on socially-expected roles and specific practices, involving cultural symbols, collectively-enforced taboos, organized feasts, and periodic sacrifices that served as important vehicles for reproducing this ritual complex. Underlying each ceremony are Nubian cultural values regarding communal sharing and mutual help, fertility, virility, and health. See Kennedy (1978 "Bibliography") for sources cited and Kennedy (1978 "Photographs") for relevant images.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Mutual aid
- Nonfulfillment of obligations
- Death
- Eschatology
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Avoidance and taboo
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nubians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Aswan Governate, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- John G. Kennedy
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74077726
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nubians--Egypt--Religion