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Kuru Art Project
Kuru may refer to: Anthropology and history * Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people * Kuru (mythology), part of Meitei mythology * Kuru Kingdom, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age) ** King Kuru (Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe * Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport * Kuru, also called Traditional games in the Philippines#Sintak, sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines Places * Kuru River, a river in South Sudan * Kuru, Finland, municipality * Kuru, Iran, a village in Isfahan province * Kuru, Nigeria, a town in the middle belt * Kuru, Pakistan, a valley in Northern Pakistan * Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia * Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia * Kuru block, a community development block i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuru (disease)
Kuru was a rare, incurable, and fatal Neurological disorder, neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. It is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, prion disease which leads to tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration. The term ''kúru'' means “trembling” and comes from the Fore language, Fore word ''kuria'' or ''guria'' ("to shake"). It is also known as "laughing sickness" due to abnormal bursts of laughter which occur. It was spread among the Fore people via Endocannibalism, funerary cannibalism. Deceased family members were traditionally cooked and eaten, which was thought to help free the spirit of the dead. Women and children usually eat the brain, where infectious prions were most concentrated, and therefore were more commonly affected. The outbreak likely started when a villager developed sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and died. When villagers ate the brain, they contracted the disease and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
