Symbolic and Diachronic Study of Inter-Cultural Therapeutic and Divinatory Roles Among Aluund (‘Lund...

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" Symbolic and Diachronic Study of Inter-Cultural Therapeutic and Divinatory Roles Among Aluund (‘Lunda’) and Chokwe in the Upper Kwaango (South Western Zaire) "
Filip De Boeck

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064328
Doc. No	:	LA107957
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0090102005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Filip De Boeck
Title & Author	:	Symbolic and Diachronic Study of Inter-Cultural Therapeutic and Divinatory Roles Among Aluund (‘Lunda’) and Chokwe in the Upper Kwaango (South Western Zaire) [Article]\ Filip De Boeck
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	1993
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/1-2
Page No	:	73–104
Abstract	:	This article attempts to analyze inter-cultural ritual (therapeutic and divinatory) interaction between the aLuund and Chokwe of Southwestern Zaire. The fact that the aLuund turn to neighbouring groups for ritual and therapeutic assistance invites questions with regard to the nature of the unity of Luunda cultural order and identity, and the subject of the cultural praxis. A reflection is offered upon the ways in which cultural traditions and identities are generated and maintained, and processes of cultural exchange contribute to shape and activate the unity of the Luunda ritual world. This article attempts to analyze inter-cultural ritual (therapeutic and divinatory) interaction between the aLuund and Chokwe of Southwestern Zaire. The fact that the aLuund turn to neighbouring groups for ritual and therapeutic assistance invites questions with regard to the nature of the unity of Luunda cultural order and identity, and the subject of the cultural praxis. A reflection is offered upon the ways in which cultural traditions and identities are generated and maintained, and processes of cultural exchange contribute to shape and activate the unity of the Luunda ritual world.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	divination
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	healing
Descriptor	:	Luunda
Descriptor	:	ritual
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Zaire
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0090102005‬