 | James George Frazer - 1900 - 522 pages
...and a cap on the head, of various colours and ornamented with red feathers taken from the parrot's tail ; round the legs were twisted strings of shells,...gymnastics, for which they receive a few cowries." \ At Onitsha, on the Niger, Mr. JC Taylor witnessed the celebration of New Year's Day by the negroes.... | |
 | 1901 - 790 pages
...Glöckchen gewunden war. „These stränge beings go about the town, by day and by night, for the tenn of one month *, uttering the most discordant and frightful...gymnastics, for which they receive a few cowries." Hier ist die Vermummung von besonderem Interesse, einmal insofern sie als eine Parallele gelten darf... | |
 | James George Frazer - 2000 - 618 pages
...durst venture out at night for fear of being killed or seriously maltreated by these fellows, who arc especially engaged in driving the evil spirits from the town. They go round to all the chief's houses, and in addition 10 the noise they make, perform some extraordinary feats in tumbling... | |
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I witnessed a strange ceremony peculiar to these people, called the time of the grand devils. Eight men were dressed in a most curious manner, having a dress made of bamboo about their bodies, and a cap on the head, of various colours and ornamented with... 