Mumuye culture

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Mumuye culture is the traditional way of life, beliefs, and artistic expression of the Mumuye people of northeastern Nigeria, known especially for their distinctive wooden sculptures and rich ritual practices.

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Mumuye culture canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African culture ⓘ
Nigerian culture ⓘ
culture ⓘ
traditional culture ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
hasArtForm basketry ⓘ
body scarification patterns ⓘ
dance ⓘ
figurative sculpture ⓘ
mask-making ⓘ
music ⓘ
ritual sculpture ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wooden sculpture ⓘ
hasBeliefSystem ancestor veneration ⓘ
animism ⓘ
ritual spirit cults ⓘ
hasDanceType harvest dance ⓘ
initiation dance ⓘ
ritual dance ⓘ
hasEconomicBase millet cultivation ⓘ
small-scale animal husbandry ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
yam cultivation ⓘ
hasKnowledgeSystem divination practices ⓘ
herbal medicine ⓘ
hasLanguage Mumuye language ⓘ
hasMusicInstrument drum ⓘ
flute ⓘ
rattle ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ
hasRitual agricultural rituals ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
hasSocialStructure age-grade system ⓘ
clan organization ⓘ
village council of elders ⓘ
influencedBy environment of the Benue River region ⓘ
locatedIn Adamawa State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
practicedBy Mumuye people NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy modernization ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
transmittedBy oral tradition ⓘ
usesObject Mumuye wooden figure ⓘ
musical drum ⓘ
ritual mask ⓘ
ritual staff ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ

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Mumuye language → isAssociatedWith → Mumuye culture ⓘ