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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Momome is a female cleansing ritual among some Akan groups in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast.
01 · What it is
Living TraditionDocumented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
GhanaPlaced on record in Ghana.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Momome in plain words?
Momome is a female cleansing ritual among some Akan groups in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Where is Momome practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Momome in Ghana.
What is the current condition of Momome today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Momome entry?
Cite as: "Momome." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/momome, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceMomome is a female cleansing ritual among some Akan groups in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast. The ritual is aimed at cleansing the community from impending crisis. The momome ritual in the precolonial setting was held in response to wars, but in the 20th century it has been increasingly evoked in moments of crisis (illness, deposition, death) of prominent figures of the chiefly establishment.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Momome”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Momome is female cleansing ritual in Ghana and Ivory Coast, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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