The New Encyclopędia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopędia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 161
... practiced mostly along the Nile and in the savanna region immediately south of the Sahara . It often takes the form of Islamic texts cut out in cloth of one colour and sewn to cloth of a contrasting colour . An exception to this practice ...
... practiced mostly along the Nile and in the savanna region immediately south of the Sahara . It often takes the form of Islamic texts cut out in cloth of one colour and sewn to cloth of a contrasting colour . An exception to this practice ...
Page 334
... practice sorcery from a power being who came unsought to a prospective shaman . It was considered dangerous to resist being given a shaman's power , for those who did sometimes died . The being be- came a tutelary spirit , instructing ...
... practice sorcery from a power being who came unsought to a prospective shaman . It was considered dangerous to resist being given a shaman's power , for those who did sometimes died . The being be- came a tutelary spirit , instructing ...
Page 374
... practice this meant merely that first cousins and closer kin could not marry . A widow , however , could marry the brother of her deceased husband ; and a widower could marry the sister of his deceased wife ; these practices of levirate ...
... practice this meant merely that first cousins and closer kin could not marry . A widow , however , could marry the brother of her deceased husband ; and a widower could marry the sister of his deceased wife ; these practices of levirate ...
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