Africa is the continent of twins, both in number of twin births and in the attention bestowed on them. The Kapsiki exemplify this situation. Birth rites for normal births gradually incorporate the infant into the kinship group, protecting the mother and the child against evil influences. Twin rites are quite different. Other symbolic objects and a specific discourse are used. Twins form a special society within Kapsiki villages, due to the danger they pose for their parents. The symbolic position of twins is related to male initiation. Thus, Kapsiki twins are symbolically positioned on the fringe of society.Pourquoi un jumeau n'est pas un enfant : les symboles dans les rituels de naissanse kapsiki. L'Afrique est le continent des jumeaux, pa...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Twin births present a public health problem, as twins are more fragile than singletons and have a hi...
On no continent are there as many twins as in Africa, and in no other area of Africa does the rate...
Twins in the Mofu-Diamare Mountains. The attitude of the Mofu-Diamare towards the birth of « twins »...
ABSTRACT: On the southeast coast of Madagascar there was an ancestral tradition called fady kambana ...
The ere ibeji and the Cult of Twins among the Yoruba People The cult of twins amongst the Yoruba pe...
Similar to many African communities, the Bura of northeast Nigeria believe thattwins are born with s...
In modern times, twins are known to originate from the same zygote and form into two embryos. To som...
Abstract The symbolic function of the nearly constant prescriptions and proscriptions with regard to...
http://books.openedition.org/editionsmsh/1185International audienceThis book is a study of the socia...
http://books.openedition.org/editionsmsh/1185International audienceThis book is a study of the socia...
This paper was interested in the emerging and fluid trends of the typical Bukusu and Keiyo culture o...
Manjak mothers who have lost all their previous children at a young age, submit themselves, followin...
Manjak mothers who have lost all their previous children at a young age, submit themselves, followin...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Twin births present a public health problem, as twins are more fragile than singletons and have a hi...
On no continent are there as many twins as in Africa, and in no other area of Africa does the rate...
Twins in the Mofu-Diamare Mountains. The attitude of the Mofu-Diamare towards the birth of « twins »...
ABSTRACT: On the southeast coast of Madagascar there was an ancestral tradition called fady kambana ...
The ere ibeji and the Cult of Twins among the Yoruba People The cult of twins amongst the Yoruba pe...
Similar to many African communities, the Bura of northeast Nigeria believe thattwins are born with s...
In modern times, twins are known to originate from the same zygote and form into two embryos. To som...
Abstract The symbolic function of the nearly constant prescriptions and proscriptions with regard to...
http://books.openedition.org/editionsmsh/1185International audienceThis book is a study of the socia...
http://books.openedition.org/editionsmsh/1185International audienceThis book is a study of the socia...
This paper was interested in the emerging and fluid trends of the typical Bukusu and Keiyo culture o...
Manjak mothers who have lost all their previous children at a young age, submit themselves, followin...
Manjak mothers who have lost all their previous children at a young age, submit themselves, followin...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Efforts to improve existing symbols as used in genetic pedigree charts constitute progressive steps ...
Twin births present a public health problem, as twins are more fragile than singletons and have a hi...