oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1118333
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OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1118333 |
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| Title: | divination | |
| mats da Mtsila | ||
| A usage-based grammar of Cuvok with focus on documenting the endangered social role of blacksmiths of the Tchouvok community | ||
| Contributor (consultant): | Mtsila | |
| LE | ||
| KD | ||
| BP | ||
| Coverage: | Cameroon | |
| Date: | 2015-01-06 | |
| Description: | The video shows a scene of fortunetelling. Very early in the morning we visited Mtsila the spritual master of the blacksmith in Tchouvok. We walked from his house to his "office". His office is a space that he has prepared under a small tree. The spirits are represented by stones which are kept and protected. the first thing he did was to remove his shoes in respect of the spirits. Then, he will unveil the stones which are covered by big stones. He started by counting all the stones and he asked for libations pouring before doing his work. He is assisted by his son who is learning the work of his father. | |
| Cuvok is a Central Chadic language spoken in the Far North Region of Cameroon. Tchouvok traditional society pivots around blacksmiths, who play a number of other key social roles: doctor, metalworker, mortician, mind-reader, and midwife. With the introduction of Islam, Christianity and modernism, the knowledge possessed by the blacksmith is no longer transmitted to the younger generation. This documentation project is integrated into my PhD research, which aims at a usage-based grammatical description of Cuvok. Much of my corpus will be composed of video recordings. Ethnographic notes will complement my annotated texts. | ||
| Format: | video/mp4 | |
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| text/x-eaf+xml | ||
| text/x-pfsx+xml | ||
| Identifier: | oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1118333 | |
| 0367 | ||
| Identifier (URI): | https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1118333%23 | |
| Publisher: | NDOKOBAI Dadak | |
| The University of Maroua, Cameroon | ||
| Type: | Video | |
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| Archive: | Endangered Languages Archive | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1118333 | |
| DateStamp: | 2018-10-23 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
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| Citation: | Mtsila (consultant); LE (consultant); KD (consultant); BP (consultant). 2015-01-06. NDOKOBAI Dadak. | |