ABSTRACT
Settlement pattern; homesteads The lineage system; the minimal lineage; ritual and other ties between
lineages The kinship system: terminology; kinship behaviour; marriage and in-
cest regulations; affines; adoption and blood-brotherhood The territorial system : the village; larger territorial units The political system: the lineage head (mugasya); notables (bakuru) Law: public and private delicts; physical injury; blood-wealth; theft;
adultery; sexual offences Inheritance: inheritance of property; the heir; inheritance of women's
property; procedure; wills; breach of contract and debt (likobi) Legal procedure: hearing of disputes; procedure; curses; ordeals; punish-
ments Position of women
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Birth : twins Puberty Circumcision: the preliminary rituals; the day of the circumcision; the
operation; ritual purification after circumcision; convalescence; the final ceremony
Marriage: bridewealth; types of marriage; the marriage ceremonies; divorce
Death and burial : suicide
The creator spirit Other spirits Ancestral spirits Ritual: sacrifice; ritual defilement (luswa) Ritual specialists; the diviner (umufumu); the umudyuli; other specialists;
owners of white magic; circumcisers; medical practitioners; the raincontroller; the priest of the ancestor shrine
Witchcraft and sorcery : witches; sorcery; owners of disease
Physical and mental characteristics Dress: men; women; transvestii.es Arts, music, dances and games
M a p s Bugusi and Bukedi Districts . . . . . . (Facing p. 9) The Gisu and neighbouring tribes . . . . . . at end
