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Oral Text 1: How the Bumai clan claimed Dirka by means of a trick
Ulijeholi (Bio-iton-giga) Konyonomora, Jinka, December 1970.
Komorajehola (Ulijeholi Konyonomora)
Komorajehola (Ulijeholi Konyonomora), the new Komoru of the northern Mursi, February 2012 (Photo: Ulirege Rege)
Komorajehola (Ulijeholi Konyonomora)
Komorajehola (Ulijeholi Konyonomora), the new Komoru of the northern Mursi, February 2012 (Photo: Ulirege Rege)
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) in 1969
Ulikoro Konyonomora was the priest of the Dola territorial section ('bhuran') from the early 1960s until his death in 2012 (photo David Turton).
Ulikoro Konyonomora
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora), Kon Ba, 2004
Ulikoro Konyonomora was the priest of the Dola until his death in 2012. In this photograph, he is pictured wearing the necklace of the priest, which is the priestly insignia.
Ulikoro Konyonomora was the priest of the Dola until his death in 2012. In this photograph, he is pictured wearing the necklace of the priest, which is the ...
The Death of Komorakora
Komorakora, who died on 21 January 2012, was the komoru (politico-ritual leader) of the northern Mursi for most of the last fifty years.
Priests (Kômorena)
Blessing contestants (1996)
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing duelling contestants (David Turton, 1996)
Komor-a-kora blessing duelling contestants
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing duelling contestants in 1996.
Blessing the herds
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing the herds at a 'Bio Lama' ceremony (David Turton, 1969)
Komor-a-kora blessing the herds
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing the herds at a 'Bio Lama' ceremony in 1969.
Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) in 2004
This photograph is of the former Priest of the dola local group (Ben Dome, 2004)
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Religion and Healing
The Social Organisation of the Mursi
The social organisation of the Mursi, a pastoral tribe of the lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia, by David Turton. PhD thesis, London School of Economics, ...
Turton, David
'The social organisation of the Mursi, a pastoral tribe of the lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia', PhD thesis, London School of Economics, University of ...
Jørgensen, Stine
Ethnographic Reflections on Marriage in Mursi: A group of transhumant agro-pastoralists in Southwestern Ethiopia. Master's Thesis, Norwegian University of ...
Mursi Dictionary
Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary, by David Turton, Moges Yigezu and Olisarali Olibui. Culture and Arts Society of Ethiopia (CASE) and Ermias Advertising, Addis ...
Turton, David, Moges Yigezu and Olisarali Olibui
'Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary', Culture and Arts Society of Ethiopia (CASE) and Ermias Advertising, Addis Ababa (2008)