Beanie (self-designation - beanie, beanie, edo, food) - people in southern Nigeria . They live on the right bank of the lower reaches of the Niger River (mainly in the state of Edo ). The number is about 1.3 million people.
| Beanie | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: approx. 7 million (2017) | |
| southern nigeria | |
| Tongue | edo |
| Religion | predominantly Christianity |
| Related peoples | urhobo |
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Language
They speak the language of Edo (addo, oveido, ovioba) of the central group of the edoid branch of the Benue-Congolese languages . Together with bean, the group of peoples who speak edoid languages includes ishan , urhobo , isoko , ivbiosakon, thatsako , etc.
History
Bini, the creators of the early political education of Benin, are ethnically, historically, and culturally close to the Yoruba .
Religion
Part of the bean is Christians ( Protestants and Catholics ), part adheres to traditional beliefs.
The traditional religion is the cults of the ancestors, the ruler, the sacred animals, the forces of nature. The supreme deity is the Wasp, the most revered is Olokun (the deity of wealth, fertility, water element). Traditional holidays - agricultural and life cycle, the most important rites are sent wallpaper. Folklore - cosmogonic myths, ethnogenetic and historical legends, tales of animals, etc. In each village there are storytellers of tales and myths that are highly respected. The main musical instruments are drums (ema; 17 varieties are known), bronze bells (ero), seven-stringed harp (akpat), etc.
Culture
Traditional culture is typical of the peoples of the Upper Guinean region . The main occupation is manual slash-and-burn agriculture . Traditionally also live in cities. Weaving, weaving, pottery, wood and metal processing, bone carving, wax casting from metal alloys (the so-called Benin bronzes) are developed. Traces of the handicraft specialization of individual urban communities, large families, the system of age classes, the strict exogamy of lines and the virilocality of marriage, the power of the supreme ruler (both), his lineage and titled elders, and the secret union of Okerison are preserved. There were picturesque phrases.
Notes
Literature
- Bondarenko D.M. Benin on the eve of the first contacts with Europeans. Person. Society. Power . M .: Institute of Africa RAS, 1995.
- Bondarenko D. M. Pre-imperial Benin: the formation and evolution of a system of socio-political institutions . M .: Institute of Africa RAS, 2001.
- Bondarenko DM Homoarchy as a Principle of Culture's Organization. The 13th-19th Centuries Benin Kingdom as a Non-State Supercomplex Society. Moscow: URSS, 2006.
- Bradbury RE The Benin Kingdom and the Edo-speaking peoples of South-Western Nigeria. L .: International African Institute, 1957;
- Egharevba JU A short history of Benin. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1960;
- Roese PM, Bondarenko DM A popular history of Benin. The rise and fall of a mighty forest kingdom. Frankfurt.aM etc .: Lang, 2003.
- Ryder AFC Benin and the Europeans. 1485-1897. London Harlow: Longman, 1969;
- Thomas NW Anthropological Report on the Edo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria. Pt. I — II. L .: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1910;
Links
- The art of the Bini tribe Mirimanov VB The art of tropical Africa