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communities22
culture22
manners and customs12
community life8
rites and ceremonies8
clothing and dress7
persons7
social life and customs6
folk dancing5
entertainment events4

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Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu5
Ebot, Wilson Atem4
Ross, Mr2
Drinkwater, Jane Margaret1
Etang, Pa Agbor1
Lewis, Cathy Laura1
Olayemi, Rufus V K1
Orchard, Mr1
Penfold, Sally1
Tanye-Tambe1
Portuguese Folk Dancers
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Portuguese Folk Dancers

April 1965

Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).

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Portuguese Folk Dancers
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Portuguese Folk Dancers

April 1965

Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).

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Portuguese Folk Dancers
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Portuguese Folk Dancers

April 1965

Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).

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Portuguese Folk Singers
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Portuguese Folk Singers

April 1965

Group of male Portuguese folk singers ready to perform in the open air on a raised stage at a location in Alentejo (Portugal).

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"Gypsy Wedding"

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1910 of the wedding of Sally Penfold to Mr. Orchard at Holsworthy (Devon). The bride and groom, and their guests, stand in a field in the open. The second man from the le...

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Innovation and Change in the Celebration of Christmas in the Ukrainian Community of Lower Hurst

Drinkwater, Jane Margaret

1976

A study of a community of Ukrainian immigrants living in the Lower Hurst area of Greater Manchester, near Ashton-under-Lyne, with particular reference to customs and beliefs associated with their cele...

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Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale

Olayemi, Rufus V K

1971

M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...

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Ejagham Male
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Ejagham Male

Ebot, Wilson Atem

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph, of a seated Ejagham male, possibly a doctor and diviner. He uses his right hand to pour water onto the ground from a bowl next to him.

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Cult-Agency
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Cult-Agency

Ebot, Wilson Atem

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph of a cult-agency object, consisting of a wooden shaft with feathers bound to the top. This type of object is believed by the Ejagham to possess supernatural powers wh...

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Bag and Boar's Tooth
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Bag and Boar's Tooth

Ross, Mr

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph of items used with Ejagham divining chains. On the left is the bag in which the chains are stored; on the right is a boar's tooth used by the diviner to tap on the ma...

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A Popular Singing Tradition of an Area of South-East London

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

1974

A collection of popular songs recorded in 1973/1974 from informants living in and around the Bexleyheath area of London. Text and (some) tune transcriptions are presented, with comments from the colle...

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Igbo Lineage Head
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Igbo Lineage Head

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Igbo lineage head (elderly male) from the Nigerian East Central State, holding an ofa, a stick which symbolises the ritual and political authorit...

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