Ritual, ideation and performance: a case study of multimedia in anthropological research - the Mambila Nggwun ritual (paper presented to 16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (EMCSR), April 2-5, 2002)

The Mambila Nggwun ritual is partly a war dance in which the domination of the outlying hamlets by the village centre is dramatically enacted. Principally, it is a celebration of the institution of chief, and it includes many rites to strengthen the chief. Prior to 1997 Zeitlyn had documented the ri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zeitlyn, D, Fischer, M
Other Authors: Trappl, R
Format: Book section
Published: Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies 2002
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