version augmentée de photos. références bibliographiques corrigéesOne of the biggest festivals of Unguja Island (Zanzibar) takes place at Makunduchi each year. Originally this festival was part of a whole series of agrarian rites aimed at securing the protection and help of spirits in order to ensure the prosperity of the country and its inhabitants. Now only the New Year festival, or Mwaka kogwa, survives. Rather than declining, this festival has become more and more important in recent years. This has coincided with a number of changes and the concerns of this new festival reach far beyond those of the original peasant community. The aim of this paper is to describe this festival and to show how it is linked to mizimu or ancestors cult de...
The Nuna MasksThe article concerns the Nuna People Rite of Exit of Big Masks. At the turn of Febru...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...
The legends of Majipeponi and of Mnyali Mungu, collected at Kae, in the southern part of Zanzibar is...
La version présentée ici est augmentée de photos de l'auteur.International audienceThe tiny village ...
The New Year’s festival in Makunduchi, Zanzibar, has been one of the central sites for the interacti...
Most indigenous festival performances in Africa have not remained the same since their contact with ...
This article seeks to evaluate and document the Uzoiyi Festival; one of the renowned festivals in An...
In developed countries,many traditional festivals have degenerated and been set in danger of extinct...
The traditional Mizo had various community feasts and celebrations, which were performed at specific...
The “AdámúÒrìṣà” festival also known as Ẹ̀yò ̣masquerade festival, has been acknowledged since ti...
Un masque à bâtonnets méconnu des collections du Musée Royal d’Afrique Centrale (MRAC de Tervuren) p...
The sacred living masks that take part in ritual of initiation are slowly dying in Africa. Civilizat...
International audienceBuilding on the idea that Yolngu ceremonies from northeast Arnhem Land arise f...
the organized folklore festival named Janadriya and organized by the national guard yearly is an imp...
The Nuna MasksThe article concerns the Nuna People Rite of Exit of Big Masks. At the turn of Febru...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...
The legends of Majipeponi and of Mnyali Mungu, collected at Kae, in the southern part of Zanzibar is...
La version présentée ici est augmentée de photos de l'auteur.International audienceThe tiny village ...
The New Year’s festival in Makunduchi, Zanzibar, has been one of the central sites for the interacti...
Most indigenous festival performances in Africa have not remained the same since their contact with ...
This article seeks to evaluate and document the Uzoiyi Festival; one of the renowned festivals in An...
In developed countries,many traditional festivals have degenerated and been set in danger of extinct...
The traditional Mizo had various community feasts and celebrations, which were performed at specific...
The “AdámúÒrìṣà” festival also known as Ẹ̀yò ̣masquerade festival, has been acknowledged since ti...
Un masque à bâtonnets méconnu des collections du Musée Royal d’Afrique Centrale (MRAC de Tervuren) p...
The sacred living masks that take part in ritual of initiation are slowly dying in Africa. Civilizat...
International audienceBuilding on the idea that Yolngu ceremonies from northeast Arnhem Land arise f...
the organized folklore festival named Janadriya and organized by the national guard yearly is an imp...
The Nuna MasksThe article concerns the Nuna People Rite of Exit of Big Masks. At the turn of Febru...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...
Myths have been existing in every nation of the world since the antiquity. They are the reflection o...