Tsaangi ( Kangi , Niebi) is a people living in the central region of the Republic of Congo and the border region of Gabon . Number: 95,000 (Bromley 1988: 449), 50,000 in Congo, 450,00 people in Gabon. Language: tsaangi of the Bantu group (Tishkov 2000: 361).
| tsaangi | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 95,000 (estimate) | |
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| Language | tsaangi |
| Religion | traditional beliefs |
| Related peoples | Bantu peoples |
Content
- 1 Religion
- 2 Traditional household activities
- 3 Social structure
- 4 Housing and life
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Religion
Most adhere to traditional beliefs, there is a cult of ancestors (Tishkov 2000: 361).
Traditional chores
Tsaangi are engaged in tropical manual shift farming ( powdery bananas , sweet potatoes , yams , cassava ) and gathering ( stake nuts ). Many residents work in forestry , oil palm plantations, peanuts , and coffee . Food crops are cultivated mainly by women in gardens and fields. A traditional occupation is wood carving (household items, masks, musical instruments). Musical and dance folklore is developed (for example, dancing to the sounds of a xylophone) (Tishkov 2000: 360).
Social Structure
Patriarchal-communal relations prevail. The basis of society is a family community with a matrilineal account of kinship (Bromley 1988: 449).
Housing and life
Tsaangs live in compact villages along rivers and roads. The dwellings are rectangular, the walls are made of branches and twigs with a gable high roof, woven from the leaves of a raffia palm tree . Wooden structures are often decorated with carvings. Tsaangi wear clothes of European cut, cotton fabrics prevail. The food is mainly plant-based: the tsangs use pasty pastes and cereals from powdery banana, yams, cassava, sweet potato; sauces from vegetables and fruits. They also eat fish (Tishkov 2000: 360).
Literature
- Andrianov B.V. // Peoples and religions of the world / Chap. ed. V.A. Tishkov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2000. - S. 360—361.
- Vinogradov V.A. Bantoid languages // Vinogradov V.A. Studies on the grammar of African languages - M .: Nauka, 2004. - P. 367.
- Mazov S.V. Tsaangi people / Ch. ed. Bromley Yu.V .; Editorial: Artyunov S.A., Brook S.I., Zhdanko T.A. // Peoples of the world. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1988 .-- S. 449.
- Sobchenko A.I. Ethnic composition of the Congo // African Ethnographic Collection. - T. 4 - M. - L. , 1962.
- Burssens H. Les peuplades de Lentre Congo-Ubangi. - Tervuren, 1958.
Links
- An article by Andrianov at https://web.archive.org/web/20061012043836/http://enc.mail.ru/article/?1900021042
- Tsaangi at http://www.cyclopedia.ru/89/210-2.html