From Black Magic to Black Flags: Social Uses and Symbolic Lexicons of Cycads in Vanuatu

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dc.contributor.authorOsiievskyi, Yevhenii
dc.contributor.authorBonta, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-16T08:06:22Z
dc.date.available2024-09-16T08:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe paper reviews nondietary uses and symbolic connotations of cycads (Cycas seemannii) in Vanuatu, relying on data from ethnographic studies, anthropological literature, and local media reports. The authors focus on the uses of cycads in magical practices, in grade-taking ceremonies and traditional land tenure, in reconciliation and peace-making, in tabooing and emblematization of chiefly authority, and in the symbolism of political movements and state institutions. The article suggests two potential genealogies of cycad prominence in the archipelago, one stemming from the role of the plant as an emblem of pacificatory influence of graded societies and the other centered on the use of cycad leaves as tallies for recalling debts in traditional ni-Vanuatu cultureen_US
dc.identifier.citationOsiievskyi Y. From Black Magic to Black Flags: Social Uses and Symbolic Lexicons of Cycads in Vanuatu / Yevhenii Osiievskyi and Mark Bonta // Journal of Ethnobiology. - 2023. - Vol. 43, Issue 4. - P. 299-307. - https://doi.org/10.1177/02780771231213190en_US
dc.identifier.issn0278-0771
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/02780771231213190
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31568
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceJournal of Ethnobiologyen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectcycadsen_US
dc.subjectVanuatuen_US
dc.subjectgraded societiesen_US
dc.subjectpeacemakingen_US
dc.subjecttabuen_US
dc.subjectsymbologyen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleFrom Black Magic to Black Flags: Social Uses and Symbolic Lexicons of Cycads in Vanuatuen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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