Dance at Mankon, 1937-12
Scope and Contents
104 x 63 mm. The first thing that happened was the distant singing which drew nearer and then some of the wives of the chief came dancing into the compound from their quarters. They danced a sort of lunging step and were all linked hand to hand, they circled the entire compound in an anti-clockwise direction all the time chanting their dirge. Note that all native dances are in a clockwise direction except at funeral celebrations which seems to have some connection with the reversal of processes in the civilised countries at funerals.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-12
Creator
- From the Fonds: Dalrymple, Thomas Hardie, b. 1900 (physician) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2011-02-11 14:24:47+00:00
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