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| Title: | Female Initiation Rites of the Iraqw and the Gorowa |
| Author: | Wada, Shohei |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Periodical: | Senri Ethnological Studies |
| Issue: | 15 |
| Pages: | 187-196 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Tanzania |
| Subjects: | Gorowa Iraqw girls' initiation Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Development and Technology |
| Abstract: | The Iraqw rite of female initiation, called Marmo, was abandoned in the 1930s. The same kind of rite is said to have existed also among the Gorowa, another southern Cushitic people of northern Tanzania, who even now retain a similar rite called Uleemis. A comparison of the Marmo and Uleemis rites indicates they are composed of similar cultural elements and in both cases the performance of the rituals is carried out on the basis of the spiritual power of the hyena. Bibliogr., map, notes, photogr. |