Luo people - Luo (English spelling)

Japanese: ルオ族 - ルオぞく(英語表記)Luo
Luo people - Luo (English spelling)
The Luo are a Nilolan ethnic group living mainly in Kenya, from South Sudan to Tanzania. They speak the Nilolan language. Their population is estimated at over 3 million. They fish, raise cattle, and farm, but today farming has replaced pasture farming as the most important form of agriculture. The basic unit of social life is the polygamous family, which constitutes the homestead, and each level of the local community is a segmented society with a dominant patrilineal descent group at the center. The elders are at the center of politics, but before British colonization, some local groups (Pinni, Oganda) were establishing chiefdoms. Their worldview is centered on the dead and spirits called Juogi, and sacrifices are mainly directed to these beings. Religious practitioners include fortune tellers, a kind of sorcerer (Jabiro), and spirit mediums (Jajuogi), who play important roles. Witchcraft is also important, and they use poison and the evil eye.

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Japanese:
ケニアを中心に,南スーダンからタンザニアにかけて居住するナイル語系諸族の一民族。言語はナイル諸語に属するルオ語を話す。人口は 300万人をこえると推定される。漁業,牛牧,農耕を行なうが,今日ではかつての牧畜に代わって農耕が最も重要である。社会生活の基本単位は一夫多妻家族で,これを中心としてホームステッドを構成し,各レベルの地域社会に,中心となる優勢な父系出自集団がある分節社会である。政治の中心は長老たちであるが,イギリス植民地化以前は地域集団(ピニー,オガンダ)によっては首長権が確立しつつあるところもあった。世界観は死者およびジュオギと呼ばれる精霊が中心で,供犠は主としてこれらの存在に向けられる。宗教的職能者としては,占い師,一種の呪術師(ジャビロ),霊媒(ジャジュオギ)などがおり,重要な役割を果たす。妖術も重要で,毒などを用いたり,邪視などを行なう。

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