The !Kung Bushmen Flashcards
The names ǃKung (ǃXun) and Ju are variant words for ?
People
The !Kung use hunting and gathering for subsistence up until?
1970s
The !Kung people of Southern Africa recognize a Supreme Being, called? ____, who is the Creator and Upholder of life.
!XU
the _____-ǃKung know !xu as Erob,
Otjimpolo
They also have _____ and _____ beliefs, which means they believe in both _____ and ______
animistic and animatistic
personifications and impersonal forces
Amongst the ǃKung there is a strong belief in the existence of spirits of the dead called?_____ who live immortally in the sky.
llgauwasi
The ǃKung practice ____ to communicate with the spirit world,
shamanism
What is the Name of the Anthropologist who collected a report on the process on entering trance from a !Kung woman named nisa
Marjorie shostak
In the ǃKung state of mind, having health is equivalent to having ?
social harmony
The ǃKung term for this powerful healing force is ?
Nlum
In the ǃKung state of mind, having health is equivalent to having?
social harmony
The ǃkia can be translated as ?
trance
Women on the other hand have a special medicine called the ____
Gwah
ǃKung have a saying concerning healing which is?
“Healing makes their hearts happy, and a happy heart is one that reflects a sense of community.”
ǃKung women usually experience their first menstruation at the age of? , their first birth at? and their last birth by their late?
16½
19½
30s
Time between the births of children among the !kung is traditionally about ?
3–5 years.
Among the !Kung every first marriage is?
arranged
On the marriage day, among the !Kung the tradition is the “_____” ceremony
Marriage by capture
Which pattern of residence do the !Kung bush men practice?
Ambilocal
Who breaks ǃKung kinship principles down into three different sets
Richard Borshay Lee
Kinship I follows conventional kin terms (father, mother, brother, sister) and is based on ?
genealogical position
The ǃKung language, commonly called?, is one of the larger click languages and belongs to the ___ language family, loosely categorised in the ____ language group
Ju
Kxʼa
Khoisan
