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Misfortune

I visited a Bakonjo story-teller in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains - Mountain of the Moon- Uganda.

Through an interpreter he told me of past rituals and myths, how they arrived in Uganda, of marriage, circumcision and twins.

Twins were a 'misfortune', especially a breach birth, as the tribes had to make sacrifices to the spirits to avoid deaths. No hunting or sex was allowed during the last month of pregnancy and a double dowery had to be given on marriage of either twin.

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Dimensions:
W24cm x
H52cm
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