. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . ave,and an erection supposed to resemble a fez and turban isreared over the head if the deceased has been a man, aplain slab like a slate being substituted in the case ofa woman. Sometimes one similar to the latter may beerected over the feet also, and nowadays, epitaphs arewritten upon the stones at the head. A hole for offeringsis made through the large slab, sometimes at the head,I am told, as is the case in the Fiyum and in the Congo,2but usually above the stomach. In the Mohammedancemeteries at Tunis and Tripoli al
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . ave,and an erection supposed to resemble a fez and turban isreared over the head if the deceased has been a man, aplain slab like a slate being substituted in the case ofa woman. Sometimes one similar to the latter may beerected over the feet also, and nowadays, epitaphs arewritten upon the stones at the head. A hole for offeringsis made through the large slab, sometimes at the head,I am told, as is the case in the Fiyum and in the Congo,2but usually above the stomach. In the Mohammedancemeteries at Tunis and Tripoli all of the holes whichI have noticed are in the middle, but many of them aremerely shallow indentations in the slabs, and are notreally holes. Over the grave of a marabout will be erecteda four-pillared dome, or kuba, such as is seen in 111. when in a recognised cemetery, they are usually atthe tops of hills, but this is by no means always the case. In North Africa, the graves are in regularly constitutedcemeteries, though the rulers ( the Beys of Tunis) may. 13
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