Kabye (self-names: koretiba, katiba, kabiyama, cabaret, becaburum, cabre ). A people living in the northeast, as well as in the central region of the state of Togo . The characteristic language is Cabra , which belongs to a group of gurus , a Niger-Kordofan family . Writing based on the Latin alphabet since 1978. Most of the Kabye people profess traditional beliefs - the cult of their ancestors, the animation of nature and faith in the supreme deity of Esau. Sunnism and Catholicism are also characteristic of a smaller number of people. [one]
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Main Activities
The traditional occupation of the Kabye people is shifting manual farming. Kabier grows beans , millet , phonio, sorghum and peanuts ; on dry and sandy lands - rice and yams. Common gathering of fruits of Pancake week palm. In addition to agriculture, cattle breeding is also common - breeding of small and cattle. They also keep poultry and dogs that are eaten. The most developed crafts are wood processing, the manufacture of ornaments from straw and wood, decorative fabrics, as well as weaving baskets. [2]
Food
Kabye eat mainly plant foods and dishes - vegetables, stews of millet, cereal; also consume milk. (Andrianov, Popov 1999: 209).
Social Organization
The basis of traditional society is made up of age groups, rural large-family communities, secret male unions, patrilineal (a collective of blood relatives on the paternal side, aware of their commonality, which is manifested in generic names, faith in descent from one ancestor). Post-nuptial settlement virilocal (residence of a married couple with her husband's family), purchased marriage, littermate (the custom whereby a man marries at the same time or in succession with several siblings of his wife), polygyny (marriage of one man with more than one woman) , levirate (the custom according to which a man marries at the same time two or more sisters), the rites of initiation are preserved. [3]
Traditions
The villages of the Kabye people are very dispersed. They are characterized by complexes of buildings of the “sukal”: houses enclosed by a clay fence (quadrangular and round in plan) with mud walls.
Traditional men's clothing is a long linen shirt, shorts, and women's - colorful dresses, sweaters, skirts. [four]
Literature
- Andrianov B.V., Popov V.A. Kabye // Peoples and religions of the world / Chapters. ed. V.A. Tishkov . M.: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1999. - S. 209-210.
- Kovalev S.M. / Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979.
- Naumov K.N. / Countries and peoples of the world. Africa. West and Central Africa. - M .: Thought. 1979.- S. 352.
- Pervushin V. Features of the economic development of West Africa. // Asia and Africa today .: Every month. Scientific And soc.-polit. Journal., 1997, No. 5.- M .: 1997. - S. 48 - 51.
Notes
- ↑ (Andrianov, Popov 1999: 209).
- ↑ (Andrianov, Popov 1999: 209; Naumov 1979 (ed.): 217; Pervushin 1997: 48-51).
- ↑ (Andrianov, Popov 1999: 210; Kovalev 1979 (ed.): 422).
- ↑ (Andrianov, Popov 1999: 209; Naumov 1979 (ed.): 217).