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Aspects Of Gunganci Morphology
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Their market is a social avenue where
idle chatting and trading activities take place. They are grounds for
making friends and dating according to Muazu Bagudu.
The
markets are exhibition centre where mats, canoes, and fish caught were
display for prospective buyers. They are craftman according to Muazu.
Culture
The Gùngáwá people are highly cultural people this reflects in their
greetings, clothing, profession and boldly adornment, like heavy tribal
marks on the women face and leg tatooing during wedding ceremony.
However, the following are aspects of their cultural life.
Occupation
The Gùngáwá people are mostly farmers, their chief crops include guinea
corn, beans, onions, they are also fishermen who use suru and Hauwuya
to catch fish. They are subsistence farmers (they eat most of their farm
produce), they make canoes and mat.
Marriage
Marriage
is a bit complex. The boy seas a lady and inform his own parent about
the lady. The boy’s parent inform the lady’s parent of their son
interests in their daughter, before consent is given, the boy must
inform his in-law to be before final consent is given.
However, the farming duration is not specified. After the farming period
is over, the in-law formally notify their relatives of their daughter
relationship with the boy and it became an awareness to other who may
further show interest on the lady, later the wedding day is chosen.
The marriage and engagement is based on Islamic rites. The bride price
(Zadaki) according to Muazu Bagudu is paid which is the guinea corn.
The marriage ceremony is fun and full of merry making. Guinea corn
palp is served in the morning,rice with fish soup and Bùrùkùtù (local
gin) at dusk. They normally seat round eating, the Gùngáwá people also
intermarry with the Hausas. It was initially a one man one wife, but now
they can marry more than two wives.
Naming
A child is born and
named after seven days his hair is shaved and 10 years later the child
is circumcised. corn food or rice food are served during the naming
ceremony.
Clothing
The Gùngáwá people wears animal
skin in the olden days but now Babanriga is their traditional dress for
the men while loose covered clothing with local embroidery and scarf or
Hijab for women is tie around their body to wade off the sun.
Heavy tribal marks are characterized by the Gùngáwá women who occupy almost their face.
Foods
The Gùngáwá like Guinea corn palp. It is their food, almost all of them
prefer eating it (Guinea corn foods) than selling it in the market.
Guinea corn palp is served in occasions like wedding, naming and
festival period.
Also bùrùkùtù (local gin) is their favourite drink served at their leisure or relaxation time.
Festivals
They celebrates the Idembe festival (Millet festival) and Anipo
festival. During the festival animal blood like goat or bush meat are
sacrifice to their high god called ‘Ujigo’ – god of thunder.
Religions
Most of the Gúngáncà speakers are Muslims about 70% are Muslim, 30% traditional and less than 1% are Christian.
Burial Practice
Corpse are laid bare naked into the ground both youth and old. They are covered with leaves like other tribes do.
Aged people are celebrated and young people are mourned sudden or
unusual deaths are investigated, an oracle is consulted for the cause of
the death. The killer is killed by the deceased spirit. Oracle
Consulted is ÚjÃgó.
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