Kuri
Buduma · numen · Buduma traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The Kuri are the Buduma's amphibious lake cattle, famous for their enormous bulbous horns, which serve as floats as the herds swim between islands and pastures. They stand at the centre of the Buduma cattle-and-water cult, tended and ritually protected as the tradition's chief wealth and the pledge of the lake's favour. The same name denotes a neighbouring island people, and sources differ on the connection between the herds, that people, and the older strata of the cult.
Domains
- cattle herding
- water
Powers
- swims the lake buoyed by great horns
Relations
- ally: KumaniThe herds and the lake's favour are held to be the creator's provision.People of the Grasses: Studies on the Buduma (secondary)
Sources
- The Kuri are the amphibious sacred lake cattle at the centre of the Buduma cattle-and-water cult: Christian Bouquet, Insulaires et riverains du lac Tchad (L'Harmattan, 1990) (secondary); People of the Grasses: Studies on the Buduma (secondary)