<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><I>Á vegum Félags þjóðfræðinga á Íslandi </I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;">og mannfræði- og þjóðfræðiskorar</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">mun</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Dr. Ezekiel Alembi</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">frá Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">halda fyrirlestur </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;">í </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Árnagarði, 201</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">þriðjudaginn 1. nóvember, kl. 17.15</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">sem heitir</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;">“<B>Escorting the Dead with Song and Dance: Funeral Poetics among the Abanyole of Western Province, Kenya</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;">”</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="IS" style="mso-ansi-language: IS">Dr. Alembi er hér í boði Háskóla Íslands, og heldur fyrirlestraröð um samfélag, stjórnmál og leiklistarhefð í Kenya, auk þess að ræða um jarðarfarasiði Abanyole fólks í Kenya fyrir mannfræði- og þjóðfræðiskor. Hann er dósent í bókmenntafræði í Kenyatta háskólanum í Nairobi, Kenya, og skrifaði doktorsritgerð um munnlega hefð í Kenya við háskólann í Helsinki. Hann hefur verið að rannsaka Abanyole jarðarfarakveðskap, umfjöllun um afríska list, munnlegan kveðskap barna og notkun munnlegra heimilda í endursköpun sögu Afríku.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV style="text-align: auto;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR clear="ALL" style=""></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><SPAN lang="IS" style=""></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:EN"><B>Abstract:</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:EN"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><SPAN lang="EN" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Song and dance pervades the life world of the Abanyole. For example, when they are sad, they sing; when they are happy, they sing; when a child is born, they sing and dance and when one dies, they also sing and dance. So strong is the singing and dancing tradition in this community that it can be described as lubricating oil that the Abanyole use on their wheel of life as they transact different facets of their being. In this paper, I examine the role of song and dance in a funeral context among the Abanyole of the Western Province of Kenya. The discussion is focused on traditional Abanyole songs. I make this distinction because Christian songs are also sung in funerals in Bunyore. Specifically, I discuss performances by individual mourners and night performances at funerals. This discussion is guided by the following questions: Who performs? When are the performances done? What is the structure of the performance? What is the meaning of the performances within the context of a funeral? I have utilized the "Infracultural Model in Folklore Analysis" as the conceptual-analytical framework for this paper. This model emphasises the interpretation of words and actions within specific cultural contexts. This essentially means that the meanings of the words and actions can only be located within the perceptions of the study community. Underlying this model is a key concern that researchers should enter into the rhythm of life of the communities, as a sound basis for learning, experiencing and documenting the beliefs, expectations, fears and perceptions of the communities studied. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir</DIV><DIV>Stofnun Árna Magnússonar</DIV><DIV>Árnagarði við Suðurgötu</DIV><DIV>tel.: (354) 868 0306/ (354) 552 0510</DIV><DIV>http//:<A href="http://www.hi.is/~adalh">www.hi.is/~adalh</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>