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| relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor |
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| Bride Price/ Bride Wealth |
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| a sum of money or quantity of goods given to a bride's family by that of the groom, esp. in tribal societies |
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| property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. |
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one's mother and the mother's children
You, your mom, and your siblings |
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| Personified Supernatural Force |
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| resides in supernatural beings found in the divine world |
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| pervasive supernatural or magical power. |
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| In general, the term applies to any magical act intended to cause harm or death to people or property. |
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| the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces |
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| a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, esp. among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing. |
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| a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, esp. among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. |
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| a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world |
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| the science of the origin and development of the universe. Modern astronomy is dominated by the big bang theory, which brings together observational astronomy and particle physics. |
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| "deliberate, organized, conscious effort by members of a group to create a new culture |
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| published a paper called "Revitalization Movements" |
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| the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. |
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| Polish anthropologist. He initiated the technique of “participant observation” and developed the functionalist approach to anthropology. |
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| a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behavior |
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| French social anthropologist. He regarded language as an essential common denominator underlying cultural phenomena. |
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| a system of belief based around the expected arrival of ancestral spirits in ships bringing cargoes of food and other goods. |
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| a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order |
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| not doing anything to prevent death when it could be potentially prevented |
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| the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods |
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| Bumbita Arapesh (P. New Guinea) |
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| Author:Stephen C Lewitt p330 |
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| Trobriand Islanders (Pacific) |
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| Author:George Gmelch p307 |
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| Author: David W McCurdy p193 |
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Matrilinear
Nairs were traditionally matrilineal. Their family unit, the members of which owned property jointly, included brothers and sisters, the latter's children, and their daughters' children. The oldest man was legal head of the group. Rules of marriage and residence varied somewhat between kingdoms |
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| one of many small, largely endogamous groups positioned along the northern border-lands of Nepal that can be identified as ethnically Tibetan by their language, by the Tibetan Buddhist religion, and other features of culture and social structure |
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Author: Clifford Geertz p201
most famous and most misunderstood aspect of Mosuo culture is their practice of “walking marriage” (or zou hun in Chinese), so called because the men walk to the house of their ‘partner' at night, but return to their own home in the morning |
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| charm. object with supernatural powers aids and or protects owner |
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