What is this Bird Saying?: A Study of Names and Cultural Beliefs about Birds Amongst the Marakwet Peoples of KenyaKassagam, 1997 - 56 pages |
Contents
Ceremonial or Sacred Birds | 10 |
Destructive or Harmful Birds | 20 |
Predictors | 28 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
African Akwano ancestors animals AUGUR BUZZARD Aye merewo oe barbet bateleur bateleur eagle bee eater behaviour bird saying Bird Tribes bird whose name bird's BLACK KITE blessings cattle ceremony Chebilot Chebo Motiyo created Chelimo Chematau Chepkerebiton Cheptusongol Cherangani Hills Cheriloi chesirotagat clan colour cultural beliefs curse eggshell environment Falling Rock Legend flying termites forest bird Go Away Bird goats guinea fowl heard highland honey beer human humankind hunting Ilat initiates Kakibamchi Kaldaban Kalenjin Kayech Kenya Kerio Valley Kilaiket kilokolo Kimaget Kimakau Kipkass Kiplal Kiplon'gon kipyuku Kukai land living MAASAI Marabou Storks Marakwet believed Marakwet culture Marakwet District Marakwet elders Marakwet village meat messengers name meant natural environment nest ogre ostrich ostrich feather person Pokot prediction rain raven rituals roles seclusion seen shrubland singing Siroro song Talai thought totem totemic names traditional beliefs traditional Marakwet tree turaco warriors watch woodpecker