. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . dresses it for the marriage feast, andby the time that the wedding has been fairlybegun, the Ukutu ox is ready for the ox, called by the curious name of Umquoliswa, is given by the bridegroomto the girls father, and aljout this thereis much ceremory, as is narrated liy The day having considerably ad-vanced, the male friends of the bride go tothe bridegrooms kraal to clai
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . dresses it for the marriage feast, andby the time that the wedding has been fairlybegun, the Ukutu ox is ready for the ox, called by the curious name of Umquoliswa, is given by the bridegroomto the girls father, and aljout this thereis much ceremory, as is narrated liy The day having considerably ad-vanced, the male friends of the bride go tothe bridegrooms kraal to claim the ox calledUmquoliswa. In a case which I witnessed,they proceeded in a long file, with a step dif-ficult to describe, being a sort of slow andmeasured stamping, an imitation of theirdancing movement. AVearing the dress andornaments previously mentioned as appro-priated to occasions of festivity, they bran-dished shields and sticks, the usual accom-paniment of a wedding dance; while theirtongues were occupied with a monotonousand unsentimental chant — Give IIS the TTmquoliswa,We desire the Umquoliswa. In this way they entered the krnal, and,turning to the right, reached the principal12;. PROCESSION or THE jskide. (See page 8a.) (83) THE WEDDIXCt DAJ^^CE. 85 hut. The father of the girl now called uponthe bridegroom, who was inside, to comeforth and give them the Umquoliswa. Thelatter replied that he had no ox to presentto them. lie was then assured that thebride would be taken home; but he re-mained invisil)le until other meml)ers ofthe party had required him to left the house, he hurried to thegateway, and attempted to pass it. Hisexit, however, was barred by a company ofwomen already in possession of the en-trance, while a smile on his face showedthat his efforts to escape were merely for-mal, and that he was going through anamusing ceremony. The Umquoliswa wasnow fetched from the herd, and given to thebrides party, who were bivouacking underthe lee of a clu
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