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| ORETETI. CONNECTING HUMANS TO GOD | |
| D'Angelo, Lorenzo | |
| 通讯作者 | D'Angelo, L (corresponding author), Univ Reading, Reading, Berks, England. |
| 来源期刊 | VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY
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| ISSN | 2281-1605 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 9期号:1页码:220-221 |
| 英文摘要 | This film explores the difficultics faced by a Maasai agro-pastoral community in Tanzania, as a time of climate crisis stimulates cultural and economic changes. Through the voice of Philipo, a young Maasai man, it describes the importance of a rain-making ritual. At the centre of this ritual is a plant that is sacred to the Maasai, the Oreteti. This is not a common plant in the semi-arid regions ofEast Africa. Often, it is found near water sources -particularly valuable for agro-pastoral communities, especially during drought. For this reason, the Oreteti is associated with the possibility of overcoming difficulties in times of crisis, as well as with fertility and women. It is no coincidence that women play a fundamental role in the rainmaking ritual; without their presence and their prayers, it would lose its meaning. The film bears witnesses to a crucial change in Philipo's community, a change that also affects the meaning and indeed the existence of the rain-making ritual. Much of Maasai cultural life revolves around pastoral rites and symbols. Indeed, the Maasai consider and define themselves as people-of-the-catlc, although, over several generations, they have increasingly added activities such as agriculture to their livestock keeping in response to shifting economic and political circumstances. In Philipo's village, the arrival of the Lutheran Church and successive famines and droughts have accelerated processes of change. As Philipo himself points out, all of this, in turn, has had palpable effects on economic decisions and cultural choices as well as on gender relation. Ultimately, this changes the meaning of the Oreteti ritual itself. In conclusion, we are presented with a reflection by a young Maasai on how his community can overcome current difficultics, given that connections between humans, and between the human and the divine, have been exposed to new meaning. |
| 英文关键词 | Maasai Tanzania climate change rain-making ritual pastoralism church women |
| 类型 | Editorial Material |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | ESCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000595069300014 |
| WOS类目 | Anthropology |
| WOS研究方向 | Anthropology |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352714 |
| 作者单位 | [D'Angelo, Lorenzo] Univ Reading, Reading, Berks, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | D'Angelo, Lorenzo. ORETETI. CONNECTING HUMANS TO GOD[J],2020,9(1):220-221. |
| APA | D'Angelo, Lorenzo.(2020).ORETETI. CONNECTING HUMANS TO GOD.VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY,9(1),220-221. |
| MLA | D'Angelo, Lorenzo."ORETETI. CONNECTING HUMANS TO GOD".VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY 9.1(2020):220-221. |
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