. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . vessels from the GidanKuri were exposed to view, each one covered by a roundmat of basket-work. These were removed in turn, andthe goat was fed by a spoon with a little of the contentsof each, which were (i) flour and water, (2) milk andcooked rice, (3) cooked beans, and (4) coriander, threeother women assisting in this operation. Sometimeshoney may be mixed with the flour and Then one of the men (if possible, according to one in-formant, the doki of Geshe, Yerima, or Mai-Aska), whowas holding the he-goat, knelt
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . vessels from the GidanKuri were exposed to view, each one covered by a roundmat of basket-work. These were removed in turn, andthe goat was fed by a spoon with a little of the contentsof each, which were (i) flour and water, (2) milk andcooked rice, (3) cooked beans, and (4) coriander, threeother women assisting in this operation. Sometimeshoney may be mixed with the flour and Then one of the men (if possible, according to one in-formant, the doki of Geshe, Yerima, or Mai-Aska), whowas holding the he-goat, knelt down on his left knee, putboth arms over the body of the animal, and, catching holdof its feet, pulled it upon his right knee, turning it upsidedown at the same time. He immediately cut its throat,and threw it upon the ground, where it flung itself aboutseveral times in its last convulsions, and its blood gushedout upon the A red cock was also sacrificed andthrown down by it. Immediately some of the dowakibegan yelling, and certain ones of them flung themselves. 34-—The Arifa censing the sacrificial —Feeding the animal with the special foods. BORI—THE DANCES 287 upon the ground and began drinking the blood, thesebeing Mai-Ja-Chikki, Kuri, Sarikin Pawa, Jigo, and JamMaraki. Others smeared their faces and clothes—andtheir instruments also, in the case of the musicians—withthe blood, and the Arifa, having scooped some of it up,sprinkled those near her. The first of the bori had nowmounted, and the persons possessed were forcibly con-ducted into the dancing-space. The first to appear were Kuri (Haj AH), Jam Maraki(Khameis), and Mai-Ja-Chikki (Khadeza), and, after alittle while, Haj Ali became Jigo, and Khameis Gajere,while Salah, the father of the latter, was ridden by Mai-Aska. But Khadeza was too much overcome to take anyother character, she simply lay exhausted in the ring. Afew other dowaki became possessed as fresh bori arrivedupon the scene, or got
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