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Identifier: fetichisminwesta00nass (find matches)
Title: Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Nassau, Robert Hamill, 1835-1921
Subjects: Fetishism -- Africa, West Ethnology -- Africa, West
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tes,and cloth. (In a civilized religious worship this would bethe taking up of the collection.) At each village on theirroute any member of the society will direct one of the newpupils to dance, as an exhibition of her recently acquiredabiUty. She does not hesitate, but asks, Which dance?The teacher replies, I will show you, and starting a fewsteps measured, she stops, and the designated pupil takesit up. During the initiation the pupils are required to go bare-footed ; and if they have been wearing dresses, the dressesare taken off and only a native cloth worn. But a slightconcession has occasionally been made in favor of some mis-sion-school girls when forced into Njembe, who, accustomedto dresses, were allowed to wear them when walking in thispublic collecting procession. The night of the day on which they come back from thiscollecting of gifts is the last night. Dancing is then doneby all, both by the teachers and the pupils. It is not knoAvn who is leader. One is spoken of as the
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ITS PRACTICAL EFFECTS 255 Mother, but it is not known who she is. The chief teacheris seen whenever they come from tlieir camp, and is knownby the colored chalk markings different from others. The next morning, the morning of the last day, all goout hshing, young and old, along the river or sea beach. Thisfishing is done among the muddy roots of the mangrove trees.They gather shell-fish of different kinds. But whatever theydo or do not obtain, they do not return till each one hascaught a small common snake which lives in holes at themangrove roots. The sound of the orega (which is still con-stantly beaten) seems to act as a charm, and the snakeemerges from its hole and is readily caught; or the hand isboldly thrust into the hole in search of the reptile. In start-ing out on this fishing the new members do not know thatthey are to handle snakes. They go as on a happy fishingexcursion. Really, it is their final test. They are told toput their hands into these holes, and not to let go of

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