A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
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An oblong grave is dug for the coffin : the paupers, who are buried wrapped up in palm-matting, are placed, as among the Moslems, in a niche offsetting from a circular pit. The body is lowered with ropes, earth is filled in, and the ground is smoothened with water. After mourning nine days, the men and women relatives and friends visit the wives and family of the deceased, join in the myriology, and dash to them cowries and cloths to decorate the last home.
" Here bring the last sad gifts — wit...h these The last lament be said ; Let all that pleased, and still may please Be buried with the dead." When a human sacrifice is made the head is placed upon the grave, and the body is interred alongside of the corpse so honoured. Usually they plant over the dead an Asen, or short cresset-shaped iron, upon whose flat top water or blood, as a drink for the deceased, is * As royal blood must not he shed, Teghwesun (Bossa Ahadi) threw his brother Zingah into the sea off "Whydah.
OP THE DAHOMAN RELIGION.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
An oblong grave is dug for the coffin : the paupers, who are buried wrapped up in palm-matting, are placed, as among the Moslems, in a niche offsetting from a circular pit. The body is lowered with ropes, earth is filled in, and the ground is smoothened with water. After mourning nine days, the men and women relatives and friends visit the wives and family of the deceased, join in the myriology, and dash to them cowries and cloths to decorate the last home.
" Here bring the last sad gifts — wit...h these The last lament be said ; Let all that pleased, and still may please Be buried with the dead." When a human sacrifice is made the head is placed upon the grave, and the body is interred alongside of the corpse so honoured. Usually they plant over the dead an Asen, or short cresset-shaped iron, upon whose flat top water or blood, as a drink for the deceased, is * As royal blood must not he shed, Teghwesun (Bossa Ahadi) threw his brother Zingah into the sea off "Whydah.
OP THE DAHOMAN RELIGION.
What to read after A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 to read onlineMoreLess
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