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 412
etter [for you] than a Moham-medan. Baba (59) dances like Jato, whose friend and understudyhe is. But he will steal any pots which he can find unlessthere is incense in them, and, in the photograph, he islooking around furtively to see if anyone is watching him. His song is : Baba, where is Baba,… … 5i.—Jato and Kwollen Kwolma, two disreputable J inns.52.—The Parade of the Youthful Spirits. BORI—THE BLACK SPIRITS 351 Burner (48), is the spirit of fire. He is said not to be thefire itself, but the bori which sets the houses and the forestalight, and burns people. He is a son of Gajere and…
