James Dahl
VIP
I am doing a survey of Cushitic nations and seeing if I can catalogue the age sets, moieties, societal lexicon and name of Waaq.
One interesting find I've already discovered is Oromo is not one tribe but rather about 6 different tribes with their own moieties and age sets, but they share a language and their age sets use a fixed 8 year cycle, so they have a more ancient common origin. The other is that clearly in ancient times, the pre-Somali people used a loose 7 year cycle and not every cycle installed a new age set, as both the Rendille and Gabbra, the two closest Somali relatives, both used 7 year cycles with a new age set every 14 years or so, but by no means fixed and if needed a new age set could be installed in 7 years or 21.
Here are my findings so far:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...IqFGWPhdIW4rbEo9IG8nUCrogT2cT9cfkquM9/pubhtml
One interesting find I've already discovered is Oromo is not one tribe but rather about 6 different tribes with their own moieties and age sets, but they share a language and their age sets use a fixed 8 year cycle, so they have a more ancient common origin. The other is that clearly in ancient times, the pre-Somali people used a loose 7 year cycle and not every cycle installed a new age set, as both the Rendille and Gabbra, the two closest Somali relatives, both used 7 year cycles with a new age set every 14 years or so, but by no means fixed and if needed a new age set could be installed in 7 years or 21.
Here are my findings so far:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...IqFGWPhdIW4rbEo9IG8nUCrogT2cT9cfkquM9/pubhtml