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Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit |
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the Khonoma Feasts of Merit |
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The headmen of Khonoma gave me the most friendly reception and I spent hours photographing stone circles, discussing the complicated series of Feasts of Merit -- which in Khonoma are different from those of other villages -- and drinking a good many mugs of white, milky rice-beer. But strangers have not always been welcome in Khonoma, and a simple memorial still stands to tell of the death of a British officer at the hands of the men of Khonoma. |
