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Maasai vs Orpeko - What's the difference?

maasai | orpeko |

As nouns the difference between maasai and orpeko

is that maasai is a maasai while orpeko is a form of spirit possession or spiritual sickness among maasai people, especially women.

maasai

English

(wikipedia Maasai)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An indigenous group of people located in Kenya and Tanzania.
  • An Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Masai people.

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    orpeko

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A form of spirit possession or spiritual sickness among Maasai people, especially women.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 965:
  • *:It turned out that the only sure-fire permanent cure for orpeko was Christian baptism.
  • *2001 , Dorothy L. Hodgson, Once Intrepid Warriors , p. 260:
  • *:Orpeko is vividly perceived by Maasai men and women as an outside force that has entered and disrupted their lives.
  • *2008 , New Encyclopedia of Africa , vol. IV:
  • *:Others, such as orpeko among the Maasai people of Tanzania, are relatively recent phenomena that originated with foreign contacts.