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 269
upon people and certainplaced inside , . animals—but not uponthe houses, I believe, although this is the case inMorocco 10—the stain being applied and protected byrags which are left upon the skin for some hours.There is no doubt that this practice was originally intro-duced as a preventive against… … PILGRIMAGES AND FESTIVALS 237 against its use by the Masu-Bori. But the people of oldused to do it instead of crying when there was a death inthe house, he says, and this seems to point to an idea ofprotection in its use. The women at the Salla even staintheir hair, this being to protect them…
