Non -verbal Communication Used In Iluu Abbaa Booraa Oromo Society

The aim of the study was to explore the Non-verbal communication used in Oromo. Thernstudy was conducted in Iluu Abbaa Booraa Zone of Oromia Regional State. Specificallyrnthe study was intended: to identify the object languages used during marriage, ajjeečaarn‘heroism’ and lightning ceremonies, to describe the semiotic representation of nonverbalrncommunication (object languages) in the cultural practices; and to show therninteraction between non-verbal communication and the society.rnIn order to achieve the intended objectives, qualitative research was adopted.30rnrespondents were selected using purposive sampling method. However the woradas werernselected using simple random sampling method. Two data gathering instruments namely:rnInterview and document analysis were used to collect the necessary information.rnIt was found that the Iluu Abbaa Booraa Oromo society use different cultural objectsrnduring different occasions such as marriage, lightning and hunting ceremonies. Thernsociety mostly communicates through the non-verbal codes especially cultural objectsrnsince they believe that the non-verbal communication has more reliability andrnbelievability. In addition, the Iluu Abbaa Booraa Oromo society uses non-verbalrncommunication (cultural objects) to show socio-economic status, personal status, norms,rnidentity etc. The society also uses non-verbal communication as a medium of sharedrnunderstanding in-day-to-day activities and on occasions of cultural practices. In thernsociety, every thing is related to cultural objects and all cultural objects have their ownrnimplication or semiotic representations depending on their contexts. Thus, from thernresults found, in the society object languages (cultural objects) have multiple functions

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