OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1199639

Metadata
Title:		Trampling of grave
		20130314-000_trampling_grave
		Description and Documentation of Sekpele
Contributor (illustrator):		The women of Likpe Bala
Coverage:		Ghana
Date:		2013-03-14
Description:		On the seven day, the grave is dug again by the women of the town. They perform a cleaning rite before digging the grave. Women who are in the menstrual cycle or have had an affair with their husband are forbid to take part. After the grave is dug, the fill it with a mixture of rocks, soil and water. They trample upon it to make it firm. This makes the grave to harden as concrete so it doesn’t cave in. Libation is offered to ensure that no calamity befall anyone. A ram is slaughtered towards the end of the process.
Format:		video/mp4
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1199639
		ELDP IGS/ELAR Deposit key 03203
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1199639%23
Publisher:		Cephas Delalorm
		SOAS, University of London
Subject:		Ritual/religious texts
		Funeral
		Trampling of grave
		Sekpele language
Subject (ISO639):		lip
Type:		Video
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1199639
DateStamp:		2018-07-10
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		The women of Likpe Bala (illustrator). 2013-03-14. Cephas Delalorm.
Terms:		area_Africa country_GH iso639_lip
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Ghana
Area:		Africa