Identifier: womenofallnation01joyc (find matches)
Title: Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Thomas, Northcote Whitridge, 1868-
Subjects: Women
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : Cassell and Company, limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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und their waists, and dance round drums, sing-ing meanwhile asong adapted to theoccasion. The restof the company sitin groups, watchingthe dancers, drink-ing beer, andsmoking. Thefather makes theround of the groupsto receive the con-gratulations of hisfriends, the mothersitting in the mean-time with her childat the door of thehut, where, one byone, the guests con-gratulate her. Dur-ing a pause in thedancing the peopleassemble in a semi-circle round thehappy mother, andthe eldest grand-father takes thechild, and holdingit up cries, Itsname is So-and-So,e.g., Mwenda or Ka-taruba. This isgreeted with shoutsof Mwenda, mayhe be happy, may he be brave, may hehave many wives, may he become great! and such-like good wishes for the childsfuture. A Waganda child receives only onename, but the variety of names among themis very great. The names of gods, animals,or insects are often given. Or it may be that they go to a funeral,though women are buried without anyceremony whatever. When a man dies
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