Bemba people - Bemba tribe (English spelling)

Japanese: ベンバ族 - ベンバぞく（英語表記）Bemba

The Babemba, also known as the Awemba, are the largest of the matrilineal Central Bantu-speaking peoples. They live in the highlands and surrounding areas of northeastern Zambia, with an estimated population of over 2 million. They are thought to be descendants of the Luba Empire. They form a centralized state ruled by a king who is also a priest, and each region is ruled by a member of the royal family as a chief, and is divided into the classes of nobility and commoners. There is a dowry system, and polygamous joint families are initially married with the wife's residence. There are 40 totemic matrilineal clans that do not have a regional identity and form exogamy units. They practice slash-and-burn cultivation of millet, and their villages of 30-50 huts are moved every 4-5 years. In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the men went to work in the mining areas in the south.

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Japanese:

バベンバ族 Babemba，アウェンバ族 Awembaともいう。母系の中央バンツー語系諸族のうち最大の民族。ザンビア北東部の高原とその周辺に住み，人口は 200万以上と推定される。ルバ帝国の末裔と考えられる。神官でもある王の統治する中央集権的国家を形成し，各地方は王族が首長となって支配し，貴族，平民の階級に分れる。婚資の制度があり，複婚的合同家族は，結婚当初は妻方居住制をとる。地域性をもたない 40のトーテム的母系氏族が外婚単位をなす。雑穀類の焼畑耕作を営み，30～50戸の小屋から成る村は4～5年で移動する。 1960～70年代には，男性の多くが南方の鉱山地帯へ出稼ぎに出た。

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