Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Spoiled Magic. * Held as of the highest importance by the heathen Bechu-ana is the rite of circumcision; until it has been submitted to,no youth is supposed to have arrived at mans estate, and nowoman is considered of marriageable age. * * * * Call- DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. 259 ed the hoguera, the observance is put into force upon boysafter they have reached their ninth year. The ceremony is. performed at intervals varying from two to five years, a
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Spoiled Magic. * Held as of the highest importance by the heathen Bechu-ana is the rite of circumcision; until it has been submitted to,no youth is supposed to have arrived at mans estate, and nowoman is considered of marriageable age. * * * * Call- DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. 259 ed the hoguera, the observance is put into force upon boysafter they have reached their ninth year. The ceremony is. performed at intervals varying from two to five years, accord-ing to the strength of the tribe; the period of its enactmentbeing held to be a time of great festivity in the towns. If the17 260 DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. boys do not present themselves voluntarily, they are broughtunder compulsion, and as a preparatory office they are smear-ed all over with a solution of chalk; the girls wear nothingbut belts made of pieces of reed or aprons of genets tails,their breasts and faces being also whitened with chalk. Thesolemnization of the rite takes place outside of the town, oldmen acting as operators with the boys and old women withthe girls.
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