. The Baganda . who took with him some emblem of power from thegod. When with the general on an expedition, the priest andthe medium had a hut built near to that in which the generaltook up his quarters, in order to be near him and to giveoracles concerning the enemy. Whenever the King wished toconsult Kibuka, he sent a present of slaves and cattle. Themessenger on arriving at the temple-court, was met by anassistant priest Katata, who received the gift, and went intothe temple to announce the messenger to Luivonia, Kttunia, X 3o6 THE BAGANDA CHAP. and Nakatandagira ; they then asked him to co
. The Baganda . who took with him some emblem of power from thegod. When with the general on an expedition, the priest andthe medium had a hut built near to that in which the generaltook up his quarters, in order to be near him and to giveoracles concerning the enemy. Whenever the King wished toconsult Kibuka, he sent a present of slaves and cattle. Themessenger on arriving at the temple-court, was met by anassistant priest Katata, who received the gift, and went intothe temple to announce the messenger to Luivonia, Kttunia, X 3o6 THE BAGANDA CHAP. and Nakatandagira ; they then asked him to come into thetemple, and arranged with Kibuka for the interview. Meanwhilethe messenger was accommodated with a house near by,until the time appointed for the interview. On such occasionsall the priests were present in the temple. Prisonerssent to Kibuka by the King were given an opportunity tostate their case before the god, though they never seem to havebeen acquitted. After visiting the temple, they were taken. KIG. 49.—STOOL. ON WHICH JHI-: \VAR-c;oi) KIBUKA WASPLACED. away by the head of the police named Sabata to a tree nearby, bearing the name Segibngo, upon which their outer clotheswere hung; they were then given a special kind of doctoredbeer, which was supposed to prevent their ghosts from comingto injure the King. After they had drunk the beer, they wereled to the sacrificial place, where they were either speared orclubbed to death ; their bodies were left where they fell. Noprisoner put to death at any of the sacrificial places was everclaimed by the clan for burial, but his body was left for the IX RELIGION 307 wild beasts and birds. Sometimes, when Kibuka was particu-larly enraged with a prisoner, the latter was put to death atonce in the temple ; the medium, while still possessed by thegod, snatched up a spear and ran it through the man, as heknelt pleading his cause. There was always a prince who was given the official The Princetitle Namwa in the temple, whose
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