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Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors (1903)

Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925 · Halifax, Eng., F. King & Sons, ltd. · leaf 91

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al merry-making take place, and forms oneof the four chief annual feasts (I.,p. 56). The feast of new yamswas moveable at the kings discre-tion between about Nov. loth tothe end of the year. The whole ofthe town was crowded with peopleto see the plays and there was aregular orgie. It was during… … and it would be a bad time to go. No one couldmade the ceremonies (C. Punch).^ Special fetes have no fixed dates, and there are some which depend upon thewishes and means of individuals. The king generally celebrates twice a month,during which an indefinite number of slaves and animals succumb…

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