Wp/kri/!Kung pipul
Di ǃKung /ˈkʊŋ/[1][a] na wan pan di San pipul dɛm we de liv mɔ na di wɛst edj na di Kalahari dɛzat, Ovamboland (nɔt Namibia ɛn sawt Angola), ɛn Bɔtswana.[2] Di nem dɛm ǃKung (ǃXun) ɛn Ju na difrɛn wɔd dɛm fɔ ‘pipul’, we difrɛn ǃKung grup dɛn lɛk. Dis band lɛvɛl sosayti bin de yuz tradishɔnal we fɔ ɔntin ɛn gɛda fɔ liv te to di 1970 dɛm.[3] Tide, bɔku pan di ǃKung pipul dɛn de na di vilej dɛn we Bantu pastɔ ɛn Yuropian ranch pipul dɛn de.
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[edit | edit source]Di ǃKung pipul dɛm na Sawt Afrika no wan Suprim Biin, ǃXu, we na di Krieta ɛn Sɔpɔta fɔ layf.[4] Lɛk ɔda Afrikan Ay Gɔd dɛm, i de pɔnish man bak bay we i de yuz di wɛda, ɛn di Otjimpolo-ǃKung dɛn sabi am as Ɛrɔb, we "no ɔltin".[5] Dɛn gɛt animistic ɛn animatistic biliv bak, we min se dɛn biliv pan ɔl tu di personifications ɛn impersonal forces. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn mɛmba wan kɔlchɔ hiro we nem Prishiboro, we in wɛf na bin ɛlifant. Prishiboro in big brɔda bin ful am fɔ kil in wɛf ɛn it in bɔdi. In ship dɛn bin tray fɔ kil Prishiboro fɔ revaŋg, bɔt in brɔda bin win dɛn.[citation needed]
Na di ǃKung pipul dɛn biliv tranga wan se spirit dɛn we dɔn day (llgauwasi) we de liv na di skay we nɔ de day.[6] Di llgauwasi kin kam na di wɔl ɛn intarakt wit mɔtalman.[6] No patikyula kɔnekshɔn nɔ de to pasɔnal ansesta bɔt di ǃKung dɛn kin fred di llgauwasi, pre to dɛn fɔ sɔri ɛn sɔri fɔ dɛn ɛn bak fɔ kɔl dɛn wit wamat.[6]
Di ǃKung dɛn de praktis shamanism fɔ tɔk to di spirit wɔl, ɛn fɔ mɛn wetin dɛn kɔl "Star Sickness". Di kɔmyunikeshɔn wit di spirit wɔl na wan natura hila we de go insay wan trance stet ɛn rɔn tru faya, ɛn dis de drɛb bad spirit dɛn. Sta Siknɛs kin wɛl bay we yu de le an pan di wan dɛn we gɛt sik. Nisa, we na ǃKung uman, bin ripɔt tru wan man we de stɔdi bɔt mɔtalman we nem Marjorie Shostak se dɛn kin gi pɔsin we de mɛn pɔsin we de tren, wan rut fɔ ɛp fɔ mek i gɛt trance. Nisa se, "A drink am bɔku tɛm ɛn trowe am bak ɛn bak. Fɔ dɔn, a bigin fɔ shek. Pipul dɛn bin de rɔb mi bɔdi as a sidɔm de fil di ifɛkt de strɔng ɛn strɔng. ... Trance-medicine rili at! As yu bigin fɔ trance, di nǀum [pawa fɔ mɛn] de wam insay yu smɔl smɔl ɛn pul yu. I de rayz te i grap yu insay ɛn tek yu tinkin go."