No. EXH2026-022
Barundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo · NE Congo (Babali initiation belt) · Central Africa
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Source term: rhombe
The Barundi of the Ituri forest belonged to the Babali-centred initiation world, where the roaring slat spun at the initiation of boys; Édouard de Jonghe counted them among the forest neighbours who shared the rite.
le rhombe est lié au complexe d'initiation tribale qui «se rencontre avec quelques variantes chez les voisins des Babali: Bakumu, Babira, Wanyanza, Bangelima, Barundi, Bapopoi, Wagenia et Lokele».
the bullroarer is bound up with the tribal-initiation complex that "is found with some variants among the neighbors of the Babali: Bakumu, Babira, Wanyanza, Bangelima, Barundi, Bapopoi, Wagenia, and Lokele."
Söderberg 1956:184, quoting de Jonghe 1936:62
Particulars
- Object
- Rhombe of the NE-Congo tribal-initiation complex (de Jonghe list).
- Function
- Listed by de Jonghe among the Babali-neighbour initiation-rhombe peoples.
Source
E. de Jonghe, 'Formations récentes de sociétés secrètes au Congo belge,' Africa 9(1) (1936), pp. 62-63, quoted in Bertil Söderberg, Les instruments de musique au Bas-Congo et dans les régions avoisinantes (1956), pp. 184-185