Exam II Culture Sketches
College: First year, College: Second year, College: Third year, College: Fourth year
The Nuer
Subsistence
Pastoralsits, semi-nomadic
The Nuer
Social Structure
segmentary lineage organization
Egalitarian
The Nuer
Religion
Spirits of Above
Spirits of Below
The Nuer
"The People"
Naath
The Nuer
Neutral party; ritually cleanses the slayer
Leopard-Skin Chief
The Nuer
spirit, creator; similar to monotheistic god
Kwoth
The Nuer
smaller spirits tied to clans and lineages
Spirits of the Earth
The Nuer
Spirits possesed through illness
"great spirits"
"spirits of the air"
Spirits of Above
The Nuer
individual or familial gods
Kuth
The Nuer
permanent possession resulting in spiritual gifts
Gwan kwoth
The Nuer
specific death deemed selective
Colwic
Trobriand Islanders
Subsistence
Horticulture and Fishing
Yams and pork
Trobriand Islanders
Social Structure
Matrilineal
Trobriand Islanders
Religion
Magic and reincarnation
poison magic
Trobriand Islanders
mother's matrilineage smaller than Kumila
Dala
Trobriand Islanders
one of four maternal clans fixed at birth
Kumila
Trobriand Islanders
islands where spirit goes after death and new child is created from previous spirit
Tuma
Trobriand Islanders
kin that organizes the burial and exchange rituals related to burial
"owner" kin
Trobriand Islanders
kin related distantly or by marriage prepares sick person to go to Tuma
"worker" kin
Trobriand Islanders
sorcery typically used at night
poison magic
Trobriand Islanders
shell exchange that incorporates several islands
Kula ring
Trobriand Islanders
white armshells; move counterclockwise
Mwali
Trobriand Islanders
red shell necklaces; move clockwise
Bagi
Trobriand Islanders
bundles made from banana leaves to carry currency
Doba
Trobriand Islanders
One studied men while the other studied women
Malinowski vs Weiner
Trobriand Islanders
brother and sister relationships linked to aids
sovasova
The Tiwi
Subsistence
Hunter/Gatherers
The Tiwi
social structure
matrilineal
band organization
The Tiwi
Religion
World of Unborn
World of Living
World of Dead
The Tiwi
taboo; anything forbidden
pukamani
The Tiwi
initiation ceremony into adulthood
Kulama
The Minangkabau
Social structure
Matrilineal
The Minangkabau
Religion
Adat and Islam
The Minangkabau
Subsistence
wet rice cultivation
agriculture
The Minangkabau
historical legend of origin explaining the first nagari (village local group)
Tambo
The Minangkabau
one of four matriclans
Suku
The Minangkabau
one of six lineages divided from suku
Kaum
The Minangkabau
neighborhood in which members of a kuam live
kmpuang
The Minangkabau
traditional house that holds 4 generations
Ruman gadang
The Minangkabau
ancestral land passed from mother to daughter(s)
Harto Pusako
The Minangkabau
idea of unanimous decision making
Muafakat
The Minangkabau
"customary law" separated into 4 (nature, social organization, local, and daily customs & practices)
Adat
The Minangkabau
Adat and Islam rule. ruled by three kings (world, religion, adat)
Dual Decent System
The Minangkabau
"one mother" relationship between mother and child
Semande
The Minangkabau
head of household responsible for the welfare of his sisters children and who represents family in village affairs
Mamak
The Minangkabau
male migration
merantu
The Kaluli
Social Structure
Patrilineal clans
egalitarian
The Kaluli
Subsistence
swidden horticulture
The Kaluli
Religion
unseen world
witches and mediums
The Kaluli
what marriage is reffered to because brothers are releasing sisters
sister exchange
The Kaluli
children learn this at age of three with proper phrasing (hard vs soft)
Reciprocity
The Kaluli
reflection of pople in the unseen world
Shadows
The Kaluli
witches
seis
The Kaluli
formal ceremony shared among neighboring longhouses in which volunteer dancers represent pain and sadness
Gisaro
The Azande
Subsistence
shifting cultivation agriculture
The Azande
Religion
witchcraft and oracles
mbori created the world (not supreme)
The Azande
Social structure
chiefs
The Azande
causes sleeping sickness
tse-tse fly
The Azande
poison oracle used by men and never questioned
Benge
The Azande
warriors relationship with boy apprentices; stopped when married
boy-wives
The Azande
main trickter used in moral stories
Ture
The Azande
witchcraft substance that can be inherited
Mangu