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Propitiatory hunting ritual

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Detail view of the ground under the domestic altar where we can see, next to the base of the erect branches that make up the altar, the two ritual gourd bowls -one with water and the other with blood-, the decapitated body of the sacrificed chicken and the stick of the spear with which the action has been performed, which is the blessed object for the propitiation of the hunt carried out in the ritual dedicated to the spirit Ijap.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D09

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Performance of a propitiatory hunting ritual to Ijap

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Nyawez Chual, Kong Chual

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Cultural context/event

Ceremony

Social group setting

Community

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-07

Unique ID

2019LG07-D09-1044