. The Baganda . t terribly confused sounds. These drums werebeaten to announce the coronation of the new King, toannounce war, at the death of one of the Kings children, atthe time when the King entered a new house, and at new the special drum, Kanla, had a new skin put upon it,not only was a cow killed for the skin, and its blood run intothe drum, but a man was also killed by decapitation, and hisblood run into it, so that, when the drum was beaten, it wassupposed to add fresh life and vigour to the King from the THE BAGANDA CHAP. life of the slain man. When any of the other drums n
. The Baganda . t terribly confused sounds. These drums werebeaten to announce the coronation of the new King, toannounce war, at the death of one of the Kings children, atthe time when the King entered a new house, and at new the special drum, Kanla, had a new skin put upon it,not only was a cow killed for the skin, and its blood run intothe drum, but a man was also killed by decapitation, and hisblood run into it, so that, when the drum was beaten, it wassupposed to add fresh life and vigour to the King from the THE BAGANDA CHAP. life of the slain man. When any of the other drums needednew skins, four sets of oxen of nine each were fetched from theKings herd, and from these animals one was chosen to supplythe drum skin; all the other animals were killed for thebenefit of the drummers. The ox set apart for the drum hadto be killed, and its blood poured into the drum whichrequired repairing ; the flesh from the beast was sent to theKing for his table. All drums contained their fetiches, and. special men were kept for putting the skins upon them andrenewing the fetiches in them, when necessary. Other royaldrums were kept in the ro)al enclosure, and one or two menwere in constant attendance to beat them, and to accompanythe beat with the grunt or howl of wild animals, when visitorswere announced to the King. The drums for the temples were next in importance afterthe royal drums; they had their own rhythm, and all containedfetiches ; they were sounded at the time of the new moon orsome special feast. I GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTRY, ETC. 29 A particular drum was attached to each chieftainship andconferred with the office on each chief; it was known andrecognised by the whole country. For dancing and for drinking feasts a long drum was usedwith the bottom end left open ; this drum was also carriedwhen chiefs were journeying, and was beaten to encourage
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