. The Baganda . ntent with a fire, andwith a present of cattle, clothing, and beer. The fences ofthe enclosures to these temples were made of reeds plaitedin a special design, which was not allowed to be used jawbone and the umbilical cord were kept in a cell dugin the second chamber of the temple, where they were safefrom fire or from theft. The custodians of the temple tookturns each month to be on guard by day and by night, and^ See pp. 112, 283. IX RELIGION 285 it was their first duty to rescue the relics if they should be indanger. The entrance to the temple-enclosure was a
. The Baganda . ntent with a fire, andwith a present of cattle, clothing, and beer. The fences ofthe enclosures to these temples were made of reeds plaitedin a special design, which was not allowed to be used jawbone and the umbilical cord were kept in a cell dugin the second chamber of the temple, where they were safefrom fire or from theft. The custodians of the temple tookturns each month to be on guard by day and by night, and^ See pp. 112, 283. IX RELIGION 285 it was their first duty to rescue the relics if they should be indanger. The entrance to the temple-enclosure was a housebuilt with a passage through the centre of it; a strong guard,which was relieved monthly, watched this passage, and livedin the house. The women who kept the grass floor-coveringof the temple in order would not allow any one except aperson of rank to walk up the centre of it; other personswishing to do obeisance to the relics, had to go up along theside of the building, and to stand at a respectful distance. FIG. 47. -RELICS OF THE WAR GOD KIBUKA—FROM LEl-T TO RIGHT—UMBILICAL CORD, JAWBONE, MALE ORGAN. from the relics. The temple of every king from the time of Kintu to that of Mutesa is known, and has its relics sometimes decorated in a very primitive manner, but elsewhere redecorated with beads, which have been introduced into the country in recent years. Ghosts of common people were honoured in a smaller Ghosts of measure. It was believed that all ghosts had first to go common => ^ people. to Tanda, a place where they gave an account of themselvesand of their doings in the flesh, and that, after paying theirrespects to Walumbe, the god of death, they were free 286 THE BAGANDA chap- to go back to their respective burial grounds. As a rulethe shrines of ghosts were built near the graves, thoughsometimes a noted chief had his jawbone removed by hisclan, and placed in some special shrine of the clan. In thesmall shrines the relatives placed offerings of beer or clothi
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