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[aid] => mick
[title] => mandiang
[time] => 2011-04-11 03:22:47
[hometext] => Mandiang is an annual event amongs my tribe, it is that time of the year set aside to appreciate the past havest and hope for regular rain and good croping season. Sugâ is a soldier in our ancient kingdom. NT all this now is ceremonial with spiritual atta
[bodytext] => The sugâ galantly stand around with their spears Dressed in goat's skin with painted faces and hair Their countenance say 'do not dare' A direct contrast of the square's light air, Which is exagerated by the tipsiness from the locally brewed beer. With dances the festival began in earnest, Each dancer stamping hard to make his beats the loudest. The tipsy audience laughing and cheering their best, Men, like chimpanzees, beating their bare breast. Mandiang is all, anything else is being put to rest The drull drum is a-play for the sugâ dance Marking the climax of all that has and is to chance, The majestic monarch march for the entrance And the time for the rain-making ritual to commence So it, at the end, rained as usual, The welcome crown of this annual ritual. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 125 [topic] => 51 [informant] => fish [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Event )
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