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At the age of eight or so boys and girls went out to sleep at night in their proper dormitories. It was contrary to all Zemi notions of decency that they should remain any longer at night in the same house as their parents, and from then on the morung became the major influence in their lives. |
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Girls worked at home during the day, and used their dormitory only at night. There, in the evenings, they held spinning bees, or entertained with music - always for a consideration - distinguished strangers. Strictly proper and public parties, these, to which the headmen and leading elders might, in a fatherly way, drop in. But it was from the young men who came calling stealthily at night teasing the door open, tip-toeing in, feeling along the bench for their particular sweetheart - that they chose their husbands. |
