10 ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «A BORÎ́»
Discover the use of
a borî́ in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
a borî́ and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Romanian literature.
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Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and ...
Mai-Bulala (a bori), 321, 322, 483 Mai-Chibi (a bori), 99, 364, 483 Mai-Fittila (a bori), 313, 314, 483 Mai-Gangaddi (a bori), 338, 339, 483 Mai-Garin Daura (a bori), 310, 483 Mai-Gida-Biyu (a bori), 333, 483 Mai-Gidan Goro (a bori), 303, 483 ...
Major A.J.N. Tremearne, 2013
Two of the first one-act dramatic comedies written by modern American playwright A. Bori Nal.
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A Field Guide to Demons, Vampires, Fallen Angels and Other ...
If a Bori is sighted in a group of average human beings, he will seem slightly weird and have oddly unfocused, dreamy eyes. The forest Bori is never viciousunless offended, and withcontinual worshipandsacrifice, it canbe placated.However ...
Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack, 2013
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Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, ...
Other Aspects of Shamanism in Hausaland Diviners, functioning as shamans like other Bori practitioners, foretell the future and deal with personal problems. They fit into the scheme of religious specialists, a scheme that includes priests and ...
Mariko Namba Walter, Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, Body, ...
Nonetheless, studies of spirit possession in West Africa have mainly focused on the well-known bori cult, which has become the paragon of women's spirit possession in Muslim West Africa. Bori is a very complex religious institution started ...
Suad Joseph, Afsāna Naǧmābādī, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures - Pagina 85
Variations: Boree From the demonology of the Hausa and Maguzawa people ofWest Africa comes the de- monic spirit, or TERRESTRIAL DEVIL, known as the bori (“possessed”). The word bori is used when speaking ofa coven ofwitches, ...
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Engaging with a Legacy: Nehemia Levtzion (1935-2003) - Pagina 311
And lastly, there was the integration of bori (spirit possession) and "charms" into her experience of Islam. While she noted that the men did not like to have bori practiced in their hamlet (Smith 1954,43) and that chiefs publicly objected to it, she ...
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Power and paradox in Hausa bori: discourses of gender, ... - Pagina 201
mainstream Hausa religious and social tolerance. Condemnations of bori practice in northern Nigeria tend to focus on the more public, socially transgrcssive performances and the lifestyle of bori adepts in their capacity as bawdy entertainers.
Susan Marie O'Brien, 2000
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Islam in Africa: Historico-philosophical Perspectives and ... - Pagina 34
Jangare or Malam Jangare or borin wata (bori of the moon) the son of Mallam Alhaji and Umma Aisha, always runs and insults malams. Babule, a white bori in fire, quickly becomes angry, seizes its victim by the waist which it can break.
Muhammadu Hambali Jinju, 2001
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Dirt, Undress, and Difference: Critical Perspectives on ... - Pagina 122
The. Naked. Spirit. Disrobing,. Deviance,. and. Dissent. in. Bori. Possession. Adeline Masquelier Excessive laughter and gazing on nakedness, Is wicked among Muslims, As are showiness and disrespect. False accusations and ignorance, ...
American Anthropological Association. Meeting, Adeline Marie Masquelier, 2005
