. Bulletin. Ethnology. FiGXJRE 67.—"Motilones" ax-flute. Cross section of head below. Bolinder, 1917, fig. 29, a, b.) (Redrawn from Dances.—Chakc dances follow a simple pattern: Men dance in pairs, each resting his bow or his hand on his partner's shoulder, while they walk forward and backward, stamping the ground and singing a monoton- ous song. Sports and games.—The Lache of different groups, probably local, indulged in fist fights, which usually resulted in many casualties. In a favorite Chake game boys shoot at each other with arrows tipped with corncobs. In another game a ball i
. Bulletin. Ethnology. FiGXJRE 67.—"Motilones" ax-flute. Cross section of head below. Bolinder, 1917, fig. 29, a, b.) (Redrawn from Dances.—Chakc dances follow a simple pattern: Men dance in pairs, each resting his bow or his hand on his partner's shoulder, while they walk forward and backward, stamping the ground and singing a monoton- ous song. Sports and games.—The Lache of different groups, probably local, indulged in fist fights, which usually resulted in many casualties. In a favorite Chake game boys shoot at each other with arrows tipped with corncobs. In another game a ball is caught in a kind of basket affixed to the end of a pole. String figures are also popular. Alcoholic beverages.—The Chake prepare chicha with young fresh maize, which is ground and boiled, then mixed with old chicha to hasten the fermentation. They do not add saliva to obtain this result. A particularly strong chicha is made of crushed maize wrapped in leaves to make small bundles and cooked for about an hour. The maize pellets are then dried in the sun until they develop a covering of fungus through partial fermentation. The day before the feast the pellets are placed in a hollow log, the "kanoa," together with crushed ripe bananas, yuca, and sweetpotatoes. Water is poured on this mixture and fermenta- tion commences immediately. (De Booy, 1918 b, p. 202; Wavrin, 1937, p 456.) Stimulants.—Coca was used by the Timotcan tribes. Some Chake groups use it today but only for medicinal purposes. In the Venezuelan Andes tobacco was and still is consumed in the form of a jellylike prepa- ration called mo or chimo. The Chake are passionate smokers. They know how to make cigars but prefer to smoke pipes, which consist of a clay bowl and a wooden stem and resemble those of stone which have been found in the Tairona region. These pipes are manufactured Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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