Beschreibung:

278 S. Originalleinen.

Bemerkung:

Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. - burial rites -- farewell to the dead -- in selya and mungonde -- in kukwe country -- the ritual of puberty and marriage -- the ritual of birth -- the ritual of abnormal birth -- rituals of misfortune -- the participants -- the nyakyusa conception of reality -- the sociological analysis of the rituals of kinship -- reports of particular funerals -- local variations in the death ritual -- marriage negotiations and gifts -- misfortunes attributed to the shades -- causes of misfortune -- participants in rituals illustrated by genealogies.