Volume 16
Social Practices, Rituals and Festive Events
A woman can become a 'man': Rituals and gender equality among the Nsukka Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria
A woman can become a 'man': Rituals and gender equality among the Nsukka Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria
Flowers for 'Mama Mary': Cultural Hegemony and Change in Argao's Traditional Flores de Mayo
Food for the Soul: Eternal Co-existence in the Mayan-Catholic Traditions of Pomuch, Mexico
The value of memory: Suakin’s cultural heritage - significant for whom?
Tanedori of Taketomi Island: Intergenerational Transmission of Intangible Heritage.
The group of angels and the seminarian assigned to the parish after the end-of-May procession.
One of the author’s informants, now in her 50s, as a ‘flower angel’.
A Carroza depicting the scourging of Jesus Christ at the pillar.
An example of a Belen featuring the whole Christmas story and other importantevents in the life of Jesus Christ.
Mayan names.Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.
Mrs Rosa Yam showing a hipil.
The dough is wrapped in banana leaves.
Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
Cleaning and dressing the bones.
Mr Rafael Pérez Novelo in his bakery ‘Pomuch’s Bread’.
Wooden cross on top of bones.
Covering the earth oven to cook the pibipollos.
Bones exposed at the cemetery in a family ossuary. Photo: by permission of Eva Chaire, October 2013.
Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
On the way to visit the shrine after Eid prayers.
Locally made, vibrantly coloured boats.
Showing the enduring relationship the Suakinese have with the sea.
An example of an old house in Suakin showing the fine woodwork.
A congregation attending Eid prayers.
A local boat building yard.
Showing the enduring relationship the Suakinese have with the sea.
People beating drums and gongs and conducting the morning Yu-kui. One of the men is the principal of Taketomi primary school.