Adumu
Kalabari · numen · Kalabari traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Adumu is one of the water-people (owuamapu) danced by the Ekine society, a spirit of the serpent and the python. In his masquerade the coiling of the snake is figured in carved posts and staves and echoed in the whirling movement of the dance performed in his honour. Like the other owu he belongs to the order of nature-spirits held to govern the rivers and creeks, invited into the town as an honoured guest for his festival within the fixed cycle of plays.
Parentage
- parent: TamunoRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari World-View,' Africa 32:3 (1962), pp. 197-220. (secondary)
Domains
- water and rivers
- serpents
Powers
- coils and whirls as the great python
Relations
- parent: TamunoRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari World-View,' Africa 32:3 (1962), pp. 197-220. (secondary)
- companion: OtoboRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
- companion: IgboRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
- companion: NgbulaRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
- companion: EkinebaRobin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary)
Sources
- Adumu is a Kalabari water-spirit (owu) danced in the Ekine cycle, associated with the python and honoured with serpent posts and a whirling dance.: Robin Horton, 'The Kalabari Ekine Society,' Africa 33:2 (1963), pp. 94-114. (secondary); The masquerade of Kalabari Ekine society (Smithsonian Institution object record). (secondary)