 | 1864 - 814 páginas
...come back again. I said, if he did not, I should go off; and so the conversation ended. "26lh. — Drumming, singing, screaming, yelling, and dancing...woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots of pomlje in their laps, sat in front of a hut, whilst other ale kept constantly bringing them ets full... | |
 | 1864 - 806 páginas
...come hack again. I said, if he did not, I should go off; and so the conversation ended. " 26(A. — Drumming, singing, screaming, yelling, and dancing...pots of pombe in their laps, sat in front of a hut, whilst other people kept constantly bringing them haskets full of plantain-squash and more pots of... | |
 | 1864 - 820 páginas
...screaming, yelling, and dancing had been going on'these last two days and two nights to drive the Phopo or devil out of a village. The whole of the ceremonies...woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots of pombé in their laps, sat in front of a hut, whilst other people kept constantly bringing them baskets... | |
 | Lindley Spring - 1868 - 256 páginas
...were in a state of inebriety, drinking pombe* all day and all night." And again, a few days after, " Drumming, singing, screaming, yelling, and dancing...on these last two days and two nights, to drive the phebo or devil out of the village.—An old man and woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1874 - 560 páginas
...whole time, during the night as well as day, to drive the phepo, or devil, away. In front of a hut sat an old man and woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots of pomba in their laps, while people came, bringing baskets full of plantain squash and more pots of pomba.... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1889 - 908 páginas
...time, during the. night as well as day, to drive the " phepo," or devil, away. In front of a hut sat an old man and woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots of beer in their laps, while people came, bringing baskets full of plantain squash and more pots of beer.... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston, Charles Rathbone Low - 1890 - 548 páginas
...on the whole time, during the night as well as day, to drive the devil away. In front of a hut sat an old man and woman, smeared with white mud, and holding pots of pomba in their laps, while people came, bringing baskets full of plantain squash and more pots of jwmba.... | |
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Drumming, singing, screaming, yelling, and dancing had been going on these last two days and two nights to drive the phepo or devil out of a village. The whole of the ceremonies were most ludicrous. An old man and woman, smeared with • white mud, and... 