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 393
stling is a rite for increasing the crops, she would bethe patron of the wrestlers. According to some, Mai-Gizzo (He with the hair) is thesame as Kuri, but others say that they are separate spirits.Mai-Gizzo also is a farmer, wears a leather loin-covering,and carries a walking-stick. His song is :… … Jam Maraki (the white Mara/a, a tree) (44) comesnext, a pagan spirit and a drunkard—probably an ancestor. He can give any illness, theproper sacrifice being redfowls. At the dance, hejumps about on his knees inthe same manner as doesKuri, but instead of carryinga pestle, he has a club. His kirari…
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