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Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. Among the best known examples of weather modification rituals are North American rain dances , historically performed by many Native American tribes, particularly in the Southwestern United States .
This study interrogates extant data on the ethnoscience of rainmaking rituals, as a prototype of African indigenous knowledge on climate change, to show not only its prevalence across the African anthropological space, but also indicate its effectual outcomes in responding to manifestations of climate change.
11 de oct. de 2017 · Rain is the centre of the agricultural cycle, and most African people are anxious with regard to water resources, making rainmaking and related rituals and myths a key part of traditional African life, cosmology, and worldviews. Meaningful renditions of the rainmaking ritual have two interrelated components: the material and spiritual.
By Moderator | Published: April 6, 2021. Rainmaking ceremonies are an important cultural tradition for Indigenous people around the world. This tradition is steeped in bringing life-giving water to the earth, from the canyons of the Americas, to the deserts of Africa and the plains of Australia.
31 de oct. de 2017 · Rainmaking rituals: Song and dance for climate change in the making of livelihoods in Africa. Mokua Ombati. Published 31 October 2017. Environmental Science, History, Sociology. International Journal of Modern Anthropology. The imperative to climate change in the African continent is a matter of livelihood and survival.
31 de oct. de 2017 · Rainmaking rituals: Song and dance for climate change in the making of livelihoods in Africa. October 2017. International Journal of Modern Anthropology 1 (10):74. DOI: 10.4314/ijma.v1i10.3....
28 de jun. de 2021 · This article explores the history of rainmaking rituals in Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2000. Beyond Africans’ relationship with nature, the history of rainmaking rituals shows how religion was a powerful political tool used by the chieftaincy to influence and control the subjects.
