Kikuyu people - Kikuyu (English spelling)

Japanese: キクユ族 - キクユぞく(英語表記)Kikuyu
Kikuyu people - Kikuyu (English spelling)
A Bantu-speaking ethnic group living in the southern part of the central highlands of Kenya. They call themselves Gekoyo or Agekoyo. With a population of about 5 million, they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya, having produced J. Kenyatta, the first president. They practice intensive agriculture and produce millet, potatoes, beans, coffee, corn, etc. The regional unit is a patrilineal kinship group based on a polygamous composite family, but there are also nine clans and numerous lineages. In the past, linear age groups supported regional political, military, and religious organizations. They are most closely related to the neighboring Kamba and Masai, but they fought cattle raids. In the 1950s, they resisted the British colonial government as the core of the Mau Mau. They believe in a creator god and practice ancestor worship.

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Japanese:
ケニア中央高原南部に住むバンツー語系の一民族。自称 Gekoyoあるいは Agekoyo。人口約 500万を有し,初代大統領 J.ケニヤッタを出したケニア最大の民族。集約農業を営み,雑穀,芋,豆,コーヒー,とうもろこしなどをつくる。地域単位は一夫多妻制の複合家族を基礎とする父系親族集団であるが,そのうえに9つの氏族と多数のリニージがある。かつては,直線型の年齢組が地域政治,軍事,宗教組織を支えていた。近隣のカンバ族,マサイ族とは最も近縁関係にあるが,牛の略奪戦を行なった。 1950年代にはマウマウ団の中核として,イギリス植民地政府に抵抗した。宗教は創造神を信仰し,祖先崇拝を行う。

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