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Title:The significance of beads in the rites of passage among some southern Ghanaian peoples
Author:Sackey, B.ISNI
Year:1985
Periodical:Research Review
Volume:1
Issue:2
Pages:180-191
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:Akan
Adangme
Ga
rites of passage
beadwork
Abstract:Beads have considerable significance in the cultures of Ghanaian peoples, and they are used by nearly all ethnic groups. Here the author discusses their extensive use by the Akan and Ga-Adangbe peoples of southern Ghana in rites of passage (birth, puberty, death). After a description of some general uses of beads, of types of beads and of their alleged sources of origin, the author describes the use of beads in rites of passage and shows that they are used to indicate the passage from one status of life into the other: from the spirit world into the living world and in the living world, to mark the different stages of life until one returns to the spirit world. They are mainly used as charms for protection. Bibliogr., notes.
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