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The domestic space of the compound or pätärje

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View of a hut for teenage boys (bixi-paal) under construction. Unlike other Nilo-Saharan groups on the Ethiopian-Sudanese borderland, the Opo also build a hut for girls older than 9 or 10 years (ku-bixi opo), probably from the first menstruation onwards.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Hut for boys: bixi-paal

Cultural group

Opo

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-04

Unique ID

2019LG07-D08-1020