家族の紐帯の確認と創設 : セネガル、ダカールの一家族の命名

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I have a Senegalese friend living in a city near Tokyo. He came to Japan in 1999 and married a Japanese woman. He has been teaching how to play the drum and dance to his Japanese students since then. This paper is a report on his family background. His family lives in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. There are two points. First, after the traffic accidental death of his father, his mother married his father's friend, for the two men had promised mutual help in time of need and she accepted the proposal of marriage. She became the second wife of her late husband's friend, observing their custom of polygamy. Secondly, in Senegal a newborn baby is named after his or her father's relative's name or friend's name. After the ceremony of name-giving, the relative or friend whose name was taken, that is, turandoo, becomes a kind of parent of the child whom the name was given to. For example, three years before the accident, the two men each had their own newborn son, and named them after each other's name. I think the custom of name-giving by turandoo is one of the important means of strengthening family ties.
日本生活学会の論文
2006-09-30