Ikiyan Aru.

Autor: Anderson, Martha G.
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Zdroj: African Arts; Spring2003, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p24-92, 16p, 25 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: Focuses on the importance of sacrificial canoes figure on the life and ritual of the Ijo people in Nigeria. Use of ikiyan aru in sacrificial rites; Definition of ikiyan for the Ijo people; Beliefs of Africans on sacrifices; Significance of the fall of the Niger river and floodwaters on its ritual calendar; Rise of epidemic diseases in Niger region; Forms of ikiyan aru.
Databáze: Complementary Index