OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583050

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Title:		Sacrifice of the sheep begins
		0136-Sacrifice of the sheep begins
		A description and documentation of Avatime
Contributor:		Walter Ray Ofasi (Transcriber)
		Saskia van Putten (Annotator)
Coverage:		Ghana
Date:		2008-08-16
Description:		This video recording was made at the outdooring of the paramount chief of the Avatime area. See references for more general information about this event.The traditional priest pours libation and says a prayer to ask for the blessing of the forefathers. He mentions some gifts that have been given to the division for the occasion and then the ceremony for sacrificing a ram is started. The actual sacrifice took place at another location and was not filmed.The actual sacrifice took place at another location and was not filmed.The prayer is in Avatime.The prayer is carried out by the traditional priest. Many spectators are present. Rebecca and Saskia are filming. Transcription and translation by Fo Yao and Saskia.
		Language_Name: Avatime Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Ghana Project_Status: Complete Year: 2008 Start_Date: 2008-05-01 End_Date: 2008-12-31
Format:		video/mpeg
		audio/x-wav
		text/x-eaf+xml
		text/plain
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583050
		FTG0145
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI583050%23
Publisher:		Saskia Van Putten
		Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)
Subject:		Ritual/religious texts
		Undetermined language
		Avatime (Dominant)
Subject (ISO639):		und
Type:		Video
		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583050
DateStamp:		2016-09-27
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Walter Ray Ofasi (Transcriber); Saskia van Putten (Annotator). 2008-08-16. Saskia Van Putten.
Terms:		iso639_und
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