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Janzen has offered a critique of the tendency to focus on spirit possession in ngoma analyses at the cost of ignoring other elements, though he does not claim any element is more essential than any other.
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In anthropological literature, the word ngoma has been used as a way to name a diverse and fluid set of ceremonies that commonly involve drums, other musical instruments, songs, dance, and spoken word/prayer.
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Parfitt started wondering about another aspect of the Lemba's now-credible oral history: a drumlike object called the ngoma lungundu.
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They cannot come to the ngoma of their friend unless this has been done to them.
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In a majority of ngoma studies the matter of spirit possession and mediumship stands at the center of analyses. 122
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Such religio-ritual processes are often referred to by the ancient Bantu word ngoma.
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Because investigations centered on ngoma often tend to give disproportionate attention to "possession," the important role of * - tambiko is occasionally marginal in the discussion.
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Because of this, investigations inadvertently fall short of conveying the underlying epistemological rationale for ngoma persistence and transformation over time. 123
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There are many types, uses, and messages associated with religio-ritual ngoma throughout the Bantu-speaking world.
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For an example of an ngoma unrelated to possession, see Vuorela, The Women's Question and the Modes of Human Reproduction: An Analysis of a Tanzanian Village, 99, 166.
chained_bear commented on the word ngoma
Usage on go bina.
March 16, 2009