An ubunyago (cleansing the country) ceremony

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Title: An ubunyago (cleansing the country) ceremony
Creator: Wilson, Monica Hunter
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Crowds--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A ritual gathering at an ubunyago (cleansing the country) ceremony. In the centre is Chief Porokoto wearing a hat. Photograph taken near Rungwe Mission Station, 28 September 1937.
Publisher: University of Cape Town Libraries
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Date: 1937
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Identifier: islandora:5557
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Relation: Published in: Wilson, M.H. 1951. Good company: a study of Nyakyusa age villages. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute.
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