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English: Ban of the Bori, between pages 240 & 241
Musicians (including one as Bu-Sadya, the bogie that appears at masquerades). Far left Guembri, others have w:krakebs. "Masquerades now take place, though these are mainly performed by Arabs, the only one in which the Hausas have any part being the Bu Sadiya, in which a man dresses up in a mask ornamented with birds' feathers (to represent the head of an eagle), puts vulture wings upon his shoulders and wears a coat of pieces of various skins — e.g. jackal, fox, hyena, and, if possible, leopard and lion (see 111. 27)" |
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The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa, between pages 240 and 241 https://archive.org/details/banofboridemonsd00trem/page/n274/mode/1up?view=theater |
| Author | Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915 |
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