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 328
olding the he-goat, knelt down on his left knee, putboth arms over the body of the animal, and, catching holdof its feet, pulled it upon his right knee, turning it upsidedown at the same time. He immediately cut its throat,and threw it upon the ground, where it flung itself aboutseveral times in… … 34-—The Arifa censing the sacrificial Goat.35.—Feeding the animal with the special foods. BORI—THE DANCES 287 upon the ground and began drinking the blood, thesebeing Mai-Ja-Chikki, Kuri, Sarikin Pawa, Jigo, and JamMaraki. Others smeared their faces and clothes—andtheir instruments also, in the…
