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Page 735
... smoking , tobacco ' Smoking is part of the social life of the Xhosa and , whenever men and women meet with any time at all to spare , they bring out their pipes and whoever has tobacco in his bag shares it with the rest . To light his ...
... smoking , tobacco ' Smoking is part of the social life of the Xhosa and , whenever men and women meet with any time at all to spare , they bring out their pipes and whoever has tobacco in his bag shares it with the rest . To light his ...
Page 744
... smoked or snuffed , but seldom chewed . According to early accounts the Xhosa both smoked and snuffed tobacco but smoking was by far the more common of the two practices , and Kropf states that the Xhosa women did not take snuff ...
... smoked or snuffed , but seldom chewed . According to early accounts the Xhosa both smoked and snuffed tobacco but smoking was by far the more common of the two practices , and Kropf states that the Xhosa women did not take snuff ...
Page 888
... smoked through water and hemp - smoking was a group activity , of men only , with the pipe passed round . According to the early authors tobacco was similarly smoked at first . The water - pipe was in three parts , bowl , stem and ...
... smoked through water and hemp - smoking was a group activity , of men only , with the pipe passed round . According to the early authors tobacco was similarly smoked at first . The water - pipe was in three parts , bowl , stem and ...
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Costume and insignia | 558 |
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