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Ciiɗ (Serer Religion)
Ciiɗ (variations: Ciiƭ, Ciid, or CyidGravrand, "Cosaan" (1983), p. 220Gravrand, Henry, "Pangool" (1983), p. 216) is the Serer people, Serer process of a spirit's (''o laaw''Babacar S. Diouf, Diouf, Babacar S.. "Le fond spirituel de l'unité seereer." p. 8) incarnation or reincarnation found within the tenets of Serer religion, Serer religion (A fat Roog). In the Serer language, "Ciiɗ", in its literal definition is the reincarnated or the dead who seek to reincarnateLouis Diène Faye, Faye, Louis Diène, ''Mort et Naissance Le Monde Sereer.'' p. 71Faye, Louis Diène, ''Mort et Naissance Le Monde Sereer'', Les Nouvelles Edition Africaines (1983), pp 9-10, 71-2, or the pre-foetal spirit.Thiaw, Issa Laye, "La femme Seereer." p. 64-68 This Ciiɗ has the capability to reincarnate and become a man. In A fat Roog (Serer religion/spirituality), only those human Pangool (ancestral spirits) who have reached ''Jaaniiw'' (the place where good souls go) are able to reincarnate. Upon the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serer People
The Serer people (''Serer language, Serer proper'': Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious groupGastellu, Jean-Marc, ''Petit traité de matrilinarité. L'accumulation dans deux sociétés rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest'', Cahiers ORSTOM, série Sciences Humaines 4 (1985) [in] Gastellu, Jean-Marc, ''Matrilineages, Economic Groups and Differentiation in West Africa: A Note'', O.R.S.T.O.M. Fonds Documentaire (1988), pp 1, 2–4 (pp 272–4), 7 (p 277/ref>Marguerite Dupire, Dupire, Marguerite, ''Sagesse sereer: Essais sur la pensée Ndut people, sereer ndut'', KARTHALA Editions (1994). For ''tim'' and ''den yaay'' (see p. 116). The book also deals in depth about the Serer matriclans and means of succession through the matrilineal line. See pp. 38, 95–99, 104, 119–20, 123, 160, 172–74,/ref> They fought against jihads in the 19th century, and subsequently opposed French colonial rule - resulting in Serer victory at the famous Battle of Djilass (13 May 1859), and the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
