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Jun 19, 2017DOI:
10.4314/ljh.v27i2.6Keywords:
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Twin Ritual (Kamta Bulikur): The Significance of Traditional Music in the Health and Wellbeing of Twins among the Bura of North-east Nigeria
Abstract
twins are born with supernatural powers. Among such powers are the ability to die and be reborn by another woman, the use of scorpions to harm people at will and the ability to feign sickness. To counteract such powers, a special twin ritual,kamta bulikur, must be performed for the health and wellbeing of every twin. Bura traditional music is an integral part of this twin ritual. This paper examines Bura notions of twinship and the significance of traditional music in the kamta bulikur ritual
