Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 11
Useful grasses, weeds and vermin
Useful grasses
A list of weeds
A list of vermin in Dghweɗe
Medicine to increase the yield of crops and domestic animals
Conclusion
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Chapter 3.11 The architecture of a traditional house
Introduction
The landscaped terrain of a settlement
Standardised ground plan of a Dghweɗe house
Various views of the functional spaces around the outside of a house
Orientation and clustering of traditional Dghweɗe houses on a hillside in
Dzga
'Stomach' and 'bed' of thala between central passageway and front wall
The foundation stones of the upper passageway, child's room and kitchens
The lower and the upper room complex with animal sheds attached
The backyard and the miniature ancestor rooms
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Chapter 3.12 Ritual aspects of the house as a place of worship
Introduction
3D ground plan of a traditional house
The three ancestor stones are found in every traditional house
Pots and people in the context of har ghwe and har jije
Why ritual beer pots (tughdhe) had small apertures
Types of ritual pots found in a traditional Dghweɗe house
The ritual significance of the loft (gude) above the lower room of the first
wife
Har gwazgafte – slaughtering a he-goat for divinity before threshing guinea
corn
About the use of rainstones
Conclusion
Chapter 3.13 The Dghweɗe bull festival (har daghile)
Introduction
The ritual place of thagla (harvest festival)
Bull festival among Dghweɗe neighbours and its wider subregional
complexities
Legend of how Gudule was banned from rainmaking and its ritual
implications
Typical performance elements of the bull festival in Gudule
How the bull festival travelled in Dghweɗe and beyond
Conclusion
Chapter 3.14 Becoming an accomplished male (dzum zugune)
Introduction
The four stages of dzum zugune – a reconstructed field summary from 1996
Documentation of places and material culture linked to dzum zugune
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