Teso tribe (English spelling)

Japanese: テソ族 - テソぞく（英語表記）Teso

The Iteso are semi-agricultural, semi-pastoral people of the same descent from the Karamojong, who are of Nile-Hamitic (para-Nile) descent. Their population is estimated at about 1.7 million. They are divided into the Northern Teso, who live in central-eastern Uganda, and the Southern Teso, who live in the border area between Uganda and Kenya, south of Mount Elgon. Currently, they focus on agriculture, and are devoted to growing cash crops such as cotton and tobacco. Traditionally, they have no chiefdom, and the age group system was almost completely eliminated during the colonial period. Numerous patrilineal clans have certain taboos, which form the basis of marriage and complex wife incorporation rites. The social unit is a composite family of two generations, and there is no lineage division system. Egalitarian values are the principle of social behavior, and overall integration is weak. The supreme god Edeke has been assimilated with Christianity, but in recent years, under the influence of neighboring tribes, rites for the dead have become popular, and the Southern Teso perform the relocation of ashes about 3 to 20 years after burial.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

イテソ族 Itesoともいう。ナイロ＝ハム語 (パラ＝ナイル語) 系のカラモジョン族と同系の半農半牧民。人口約 170万と推定される。ウガンダ中東部に住む北テソ族と，エルゴン山南部のウガンダとケニアの国境地帯に住む南テソ族に分れる。現在では農耕に重点をおき，綿花，タバコなどの換金作物の栽培に熱心である。伝統的に首長制をもたず，年齢組体系は植民地時代にほとんど消滅した。多数の父系氏族は特定のタブー群をもち，婚姻と複雑な妻の編入儀礼の基礎となっている。2世代の複合家族が社会的単位で，リニージ分節体系はみられない。平等主義的価値観が社会行動の原理となっており，全体的な統合は弱い。至高神エデケはキリスト教と習合しているが，近年は隣接諸族の影響を受けて死霊祭祀が盛んになっており，南テソ族では埋葬後約3～20年に遷骨を行う。

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc

>>: Palmistry - tesogaku (English spelling)