Signs of the spirit: music and the experience of meaning in Ndau ceremonial life

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Jennifer W. Kyker
Keyword(s):  
Ceremonial Life

Small change: individual farm work and collective life in a western Nigerian savanna town, 1969–88

Africa ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane I. Guyer
Keyword(s):  
Farming System ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
Small Change ◽  
Returns To Labour ◽  
Individual Farm ◽  
Ceremonial Life ◽  
Nigerian Savanna

AbstractA comparison of data collected in western Nigeria (the Yoruba area) in 1968-69 and 1988 suggests that small-scale male farmers' patterns of work remained quite similar in the total amount of work they did and in the amount by task. This finding seemed surprising, since the study area lies in the food supply hinterland of the rapidly growing cities of Ibadan, Lagos and Abeokuta. The farming system has changed in several ways in response to increased urban demand and improved transport, including an increase in farm size on the part of male farmers. Changed cropping patterns, the increased use of hired labour and somewhat increased returns to labour seem only partly to account for the persistence. Analysis of the work data in terms of its timing, rather than in terms of time, suggests that farmers are tending to work at the same task in longer stretches ofconsecutive days, and this, in turn, is related to the marked rescheduling of traditional ceremonial life and the intensified politico-associational life moved to the weekend.

scholarly journals Kolostori kutatómunka Mongóliában

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2017/1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsuzsa Majer
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Practice ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Ceremonial Life

The article describes the author’s fieldworks and research on different topicsin Mongolian Buddhist monasteries between 1999 and 2017. The researchtopics included the history and revival of Mongolian monasteries, description of different Mongolian Buddhist moansteries the ceremonial life andceremonial system in Mongolian temples, description of different specialMongolian Buddhist ceremonies, and currently the Tibetan language afterdeath rites in Mongolian Buddhist practice. The fieldworks are described inchronological order, and the emphasis is laid on describing the circumstancesof the investigations, as well as the difficulties the researchers had to face.All researches are described briefly, with references to the publicationswhere research outcomes are published.

Southwestern Social Units and Archaeology

1965 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward P. Dozier
Keyword(s):  
American Southwest ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Initial Effort ◽  
Ceremonial Life ◽  
Social Units

AbstractInterest in the nature of the socio-political and ceremonial life of prehistoric inhabitants in recent years has resulted in an exchange of information between archaeologists and ethnologists. This paper is an initial effort to furnish a list of the kinds of social units to be found among Southwestern groups in the ethnographic present. It is hoped that this list will stimulate further discussion, bring about greater exchange of information, and result in a better understanding of the nature of prehistoric and ethnographic socio-political and ceremonial units in the American Southwest.

K’ak’ Upakal K’inich K’awil and the Lords of the Fire

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Pérez de Heredia ◽  
Péter Bíró
Keyword(s):  
Ninth Century ◽  
Historical Reconstruction ◽  
Late Classic ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Ceremonial Life ◽  
Chichen Itza

This chapter integrates ceramics, stratigraphy, epigraphy, and careful readings of ethnohistoric sources to propose a historical reconstruction of Chichen Itza, focused particularly on the ninth century. The authors reject the partial and total overlap models for Chichen Itza construction and settlement and argue for the sequential construction of architecture in the Late Classic, Puuc, and International styles. Focusing on the individual named K’ak’ Upakal, the authors reconstruct the activities of this early ruler, his relatives and his court and the rituals at the core of Chichen’s ceremonial life.

Cherokee Ceremonial Life

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
Leonard Carson Lambert ◽  
Michael Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Ceremonial Life

The Urban Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Hanawalt
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Physical Features ◽  
Ceremonial Life ◽  
The City

London’s civic world included the Thames and the city walls, the main market (Cheapside), the Guildhall, major churches, wards, and parishes, the physical features that had a role in the city’s ceremonial life. Social divisions played a crucial role in urban life. To be “free of the city” (citizens or freemen) was a franchise limited to those who completed apprenticeships or bought the right. The number of freemen was a small fraction of the population, and among them, the members of the elite who governed was even smaller. London’s society was hierarchical at every level, with elites taking leadership positions in government and in the gilds. Londoners were loyal and curious about their history. They kept books with stories of its creation and major events and documents. The proximity of the Tower on one side and Westminster on the other were influential in London’s relationship with the crown.

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