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The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa (1914)

Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915 · London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd · leaf 132

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ing either a double hand or elsethe spathe of the male palm—a symbol of fertility—arepainted upon the walls of the house. The staining isrepeated upon the two following nights, and the feast goeson for one night more, but on the fifth, a feast is held at MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ii5 the bridegrooms… … r Fig. 6.—Design painted with Dabga upon a WomansFace at certain Festivals

Hausa (African people) · Demonology · Dance · Ethnology

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