How the Bushman women show their admiration for the horse

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Title

How the Bushman women show their admiration for the horse

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The admiration of Bushman women for the horse. The sound of the cantering of horses imitated by them. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-31. 8737-8740). </i>The people say that the horse canters, or dances because it feels proud on account of the women's admiration.

Comments

1) See also<i> !kuppen (imitation of the sound of horses), 2</i>) p.8736v: a click used by women to show admiration, 3) p.8737v: |han≠kass'o does not know the song the women sing, as it is a 'woman's song', 4) This story is found in Book VIII-31

Type

story

Date

14 August 1879

Category

Custom and daily life

Story Pages

8737-8738

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