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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ry loin-cloth. They get their living by agri-culture, hunting and fishing, and they possess a fewcattle. At the yearly feast in honour of the dead, theNiellims always return to their former home on theright bank of the Shari. Two specially typical customs may here be described.Supposing a Niellim is accused of theft, a peculiarordeal is resorted to in order to decide whether he isinnocent or guilty. The accused is made to thrusthis hand into a bee-hive ; if the bees sting him, he isguilty, and vice versa. But it must be very rare foran accused man to be acquitted, seeing that the beesare carefully irritated beforehand. There is also avery peculiar dance, which we had daily opportunityof witnessing, and which I have never seen elsewhere.Men and women stand in two opposing lines, dancingand swaying to and fro, and at the same time skilfullythrowing to each other the tails of sheep, giraffes, andother animals. The dancers sing and clap their handsto the accompaniment of drums and flutes.
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