ntumas
Ntumas is a term used in a fictional ethnographic tradition to describe a long-running communal ritual of the Ntuma people, a hypothetical culture created for world-building. The concept is used in literature and world-building guides to explore social bonds, reciprocity, and memory within a made-up society.
In the imagined Ntuman language, ntuma roughly means "bond" or "sharing." The name is thus tied to
The rite unfolds during the end of the harvest season. A central feature is the ntuma bowl,
Scholars within the fictional tradition treat ntumas as a mechanism for social cohesion, memory keeping, and
Some writers depict ntumas as a formal state ritual; others describe it as an informal, family-centered practice.
Ntumas appears in several novels and world-building guides as a flexible device for exploring reciprocity, memory,