Culture Anyi people




1 culture

1.1 leadership
1.2 society

1.2.1 family
1.2.2 religion







culture
leadership

the akan people operate under monarchial system true anyi. before france colonized regions inhabited anyi there 3 castes: nobility, freemen, , slaves. today there local headman, directed council of elders , represents constituency in regional politics. other akan peoples, anyi have highly stratified society includes hierarchical political administration titled officials proudly display rank , power. anyi matrilineal people, , women have relatively high social status exhibited in both political , economic arenas.


society

anyi village, 1892


the anyi live in loose neighborhoods of family housing complexes spread apart. funerary images , monuments preferred forms of art of anyi. family displays affluence through decadence of memorials greater beauty thought indicate greater respect being memoralized.


family

to marry suitor must provide 3 things: o-bla-kale  : financial assistance education maintenance of bride adyia-tila  : purchase trousseau be-ti-sika  : binds girl , parents


adultery frowned upon , @ 1 time people banished villages due , put death.


religion

the anyi follow traditional belief akan religion , islam , christianity. in traditional belief akan religion living 1 s life 1 remembered , respected ancestor primary motivations. religious system based upon continued honoring of 1 s departed ancestors. when person passes away elaborate ceremony follows, involving ritual washing, dressing deceased in fine garments , gold jewelry laid in state 3 days, , mourning period allows family , community show respect departed in order guarantee welcome spirit world.







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