Packet 8: Bonus 4

In this people’s traditional religion, royal spirits called mhondoro (“mon-DOH-ro”) migrate into lions and mediate between svikiro (“svee-KEE-ro”) mediums and the supreme god Mwari. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ethnic group who were led in the 1890s by a “supratribal” mhondoro named Nehanda (“neh-HAN-dah”) inhabiting the medium Charwe (“CHAR-way”).
ANSWER: Shona [or Washona or Vashona] (Nehanda led the First Chimurenga.)
[10m] Supratribal mhondoro were venerated mostly for this ability, which was also exercised by the queen of the Lovedu (“lo-BAY-doo”). This ability is performed by Dogon priests worshipping nommos (“NO-mohs”) and by Mayans worshipping Chaac (“chock”).
ANSWER: rainmaking [or predicting rain, or any reasonable equivalent; prompt on controlling the weather, preventing drought, or similar; prompt on fertility, ensuring a good harvest, or similar]
[10e] This type of ritual object is unusually absent from many African rainmaking rites. Hand-carved ritual objects of this type are used by Dogon performers to represent antelopes during funerals.
ANSWER: masks [accept imina; prompt on costumes]
<Editors, Religion> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B

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2017.5075%85%15%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaCambridge001010E
BrownUC Berkeley B0101020ME
BruinMichigan010010M
Chicago AWashU10101030HME
GeorgetownSwarthmore001010E
Illinois AStanford B010010M
Illinois BChicago B0101020ME
IndianaWaterloo0101020ME
MinnesotaPurdue0101020ME
NYU BMaryland A10101030HME
Ohio StateHarvard010010M
PittsburghMIT0101020ME
RutgersNorth Carolina010010M
TexasGeorgia Tech A001010E
Toronto AGeorgia Tech B0101020ME
Toronto BNorthwestern A0101020ME
UC Berkeley AVirginia0101020ME
UCLAMaryland B10101030HME
VanderbiltNorthwestern B010010M
Virginia TechPenn State0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2017.5075%85%15%