. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. BAXTU NEGROES 717 respect at any rate, have greatly gained by the institution of a European control over the admini- stration of their country; for every time a chief died in Busoga, blood- shed of a more o
. The Uganda protectorate; an attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude. African languages; Natural history; Ethnology. BAXTU NEGROES 717 respect at any rate, have greatly gained by the institution of a European control over the admini- stration of their country; for every time a chief died in Busoga, blood- shed of a more or less serious kind was suie to take place, and the crops not infrequently suffered from the ab- stention of the peasants from all work during the period of mourning. A curious custom still remains in connection with the death of a man who dies at some dis- tance from his home, and whose body cannot there- fore be transported back to be buried in his own house. The relatives of the deceased will march for two or three hours into the bush, and come •away with a branch or a long reed. The straight branch or reed stem is then thrown on the ground, and one of the relations calls out the dead man's name and says: "We have come to bring you home for burial.'" After this the reed or stick is covered up with bark-cloth, and the relations march back to the dead man's home carrying with them this ^substitute for burial. As they get near the village one of their number runs on ahead to apprise the neighbours that the dead man's body is being brought to his last home. The women then start wailing for the dead, and continue screaming and shouting until the long stick wrapped up in a bundle of bark-cloth is deposited in the grave. The rest of the ceremony is identical. 381. "TALL, PEAKED FETISH HUTS"; ALSO " SUSPENDED GRASS EXTINGUISHEKS " OVEK STONES FOE LIBATIONS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digital
Size: 1220px × 2048px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectnatural, bookyear1902
