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Page 760
... buried , are actually interred while yet alive . " 1824 Ross pp . 215 , 222 p . 215 Xhosa , Thembu : burial Xhosa : grave ' For a grave they make a deep hole , six feet at least . The dead person is put in in a sitting posture , large ...
... buried , are actually interred while yet alive . " 1824 Ross pp . 215 , 222 p . 215 Xhosa , Thembu : burial Xhosa : grave ' For a grave they make a deep hole , six feet at least . The dead person is put in in a sitting posture , large ...
Page 787
... burial Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu : burial ' Ingcwaba lake lembiwa ngabafana ngezingxa . Lembiwa lane gumbi . Lati lakuba lembiwe , lenziwa indlu ezantsi , indawo azakulala kuyo umlumzana . ' [ His grave was dug by young men with sharp ...
... burial Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu : burial ' Ingcwaba lake lembiwa ngabafana ngezingxa . Lembiwa lane gumbi . Lati lakuba lembiwe , lenziwa indlu ezantsi , indawo azakulala kuyo umlumzana . ' [ His grave was dug by young men with sharp ...
Page 822
... buried in ant - bear holes . The steady decline in the numbers of scavenger animals must have played its part , in addition to the official pressures , in the move towards burial . The Fingo who settled in the Cape Colony buried their ...
... buried in ant - bear holes . The steady decline in the numbers of scavenger animals must have played its part , in addition to the official pressures , in the move towards burial . The Fingo who settled in the Cape Colony buried their ...
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