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"Gypsy Funeral Customs"
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1969
This file contains two copies of Sanderson's paper, 'Gypsy Funeral Customs', offprinted from 'Folklore', volume 80 (Autumn 1969), pp. 181-187. The paper discusses the death and funeral customs practis...
Marriage Customs in Central Sudan
Hamid, Sayed
1965
Dissertation submitted for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies. The marriage customs of central Sudan are here classified under two headings, Betrothal and Preparation for Marriage and Marri...
High Priest of Obassi
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken on 16 February 1978, of the Shrine of Obassi at Abat (Cameroon), and its High Priest, Pa Agbor Etang. The High Priest sits by the shrine, with his staff of offi...
"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...
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...
Divining Chains
Ross, Mr
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph of Ejagham divining chains. There are two pairs of chains, each consisting of four mango seed pod halves tied at regular intervals with a piece of string. Symbolic ob...
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...
Sound Recording, New Zealand
Dunn, Ginette
[1973]
Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; talks about black magic, song composition, laments, song collection, memorisation, inheritance of song, Maori ancestors and Maori god, teaching...
Sacred Language Among the Yamba People: A Case Study of the Power of Language
Yeriwa, Jikong Stephen
1979
A study of the sacred language used by the Yamba people of Cameroon, in ceremonies performed within their society throughout the year. The collector selects samples of sacred utterances (prayers, inju...
Some Aspects of Bakossi Rituals
Alobwede D'Epie, Charles
1974
M.A. dissertation on the ritual life of the Bakossi tribe in south-western Cameroon. The rituals are presented in the light of Bakossi original beliefs and thinking, that is, they are described as the...
Some Aspects of Custom and Belief in the West Indian Community in Leeds
Smith, Eric A
1968
Study presented for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies. Information gathered from informants relates to customs and beliefs observed in individual islands of the West Indies, or to observan...
Some of the Festivals Celebrated in Mauritius
Bhayat, Farouk
1975
A description of (religious) festivals observed on the island of Mauritius. The study includes an introduction to the island and its people, followed by sections on the Chinese New Year, Hindu, Tamil,...