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Title:A Preliminary Note on the Sorat (Tepeth)
Author:Weatherby, John M.
Year:1969
Periodical:Uganda Journal (ISSN 0041-574X)
Volume:33
Issue:1
Pages:75-78
Language:English
Geographic term:Uganda
Subjects:Tepeth
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Suk
Abstract:Ethnography of the Tepeth (by their own name Sorat), a mountain people in northeastern Uganda, in southern Karamoja. According to a 1964 census they number about 2000. There is some similarity between the language of the Sorat and that of the Teuso or Ik who live at the northeastern extremity of Karamoja. To a lesser degree there is also similarity between the languages of the Sorat and Ik and that of the Iraqw of northern Tanzania. The Karamojong are today the chief enemies of the Sorat who have considerable ties of friendship with the Pokot and with the Sebei. The Sorat regard Kadam as their traditionally centre. The staple crops of the Sorat are traditionally sorghum with some eleusine and more recently maize. They appear to possess some thirty to thirtyfive clans, of which nine claim foreign origins. They have a type of Ritual Expert, Ich, who corresponds to the Worrgoyandet (Sebei), Orkoiyot (Nandi), Werregoin (Pokot). The future of the Sorat as a somewhat unique community is not a bright one. It is questionable whether their culture and traditions will be maintained by the present young generation. Notes p. 124.
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