Mutanen Masa

Mutanen Masa

Jimlar yawan jama'a
200,000

Masa

Photo of Massa women and children. 1913.
Jimlar yawan jama'a
266,000-469,000
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Kameru	266,000-318,000
Cadi	150,000
Harsuna
Masana
Addini
Christian (30%), Evangelical Christian (15%), Muslim (45%)
Kabilu masu alaƙa
Other Chadic peoples

Wani ƙauyen mutanen ƙabilar

Salon kitson gashin Kan ƴan ƙabilar

Mutanen Masa, ana kuma kiran su Masana, Banana, ko Yagoua ƙabilar Chadi ce a Kamaru da Chadi .

Masa suna da kimanin mutane 266,000 zuwa 469,000, tare da yawancin suna zaune a Kamaru . Yawancinsu suna magana da harshen Masana . Tsarin Masa wani bangare ne na mutanen ƙasar Chadi.

Al'adu

Addini

Masa rawa a Chadi. Hoto daga Luiclemens

Kashi 45% na yawan musulmai ne, sannan sauran kashi 45% kirista ne . Kashi talatin bisa ɗari sune mabiya ɗariƙar Katolika ko Furotesta; wani kashi goma sha biyar kuma kiristoci ne na Ikklesiyoyin bishara. Sau da yawa akan sami rikici tsakanin kungiyoyin addinai daban-daban.

Fadan fada kan dabbobi ko girmamawa

A cikin lamura da yawa an yi artabu tsakanin Massa daga Kamaru da Massa daga Chadi. Waɗannan rikice-rikicen suna haifar da rauni da yawa. Yaƙe-yaƙe galibi yakan samo asali ne daga satar shanu, saboda dabbobin suna da matukar muhimmanci a cikin alaƙar zamantakewar jama'a musamman a cikin "musayar aure" na al'umma. Hakanan zina na iya zama sanadi ga ƙungiyoyin Masa zuwa yaƙi. Maza waɗanda ke shiga yaƙe-yaƙe suna da hular kwano da kulake. Suna amfani da sanduna da duwatsu azaman makamai kuma suna yin sahu a layi yayin da mata ke ƙarfafa su.

A cikin yaƙin tsakanin ƙungiyoyi biyu na Massa, dole ne a cika dokoki da yawa: tattara waɗanda suka ji rauni daga faɗa; kada ku bugi mutum a ƙasa ko wanda ya ji rauni. Dole ne yakin ya ƙare da yamma. Mutanen da suka jikkata yawanci ana warkar dasu ta hanyar masu maganin gargajiya, waɗanda suke warkarwa ta hanyoyi da yawa waɗanda suke amfani da su tare da kuma albarkatun cikin gida. Matan da suka halarci wannan gwagwarmaya suna samun daraja a cikin al'ummar Massa.