Bubi Village History - Second Chapter
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Balach extends along the southern slopes of the bay of San Carlos, from the river Moob Ndahá the east to the west. Others want to have different limits on the East River make it reach the hound and the West River Lobi. Its main towns are. Releba, Roemeriba, Riokoritcho and Ratcha. North of these villages under others with identical names belonging to Ombori, to which are subject to Balach. So was the actual Luba motuku of Ombori and as such it was also around Balach. Similarly it is today Eochaid. All districts are divided into Buala boobies or regiments, and so all people have the same name, albeit in different districts belong to the same Buale. All the Bubi tribe is regarded as a great army whose captain is usually the motuku of Riamba or Moka, divided into several regiments or Buale. All peoples of Ombori and Balach Buala are reduced to three, the head of the former is Eochaid and are the bakoritcho, the second is of Metchi and belong to him, and baemeriba laelebò and third it is Bosa, to which belongs the sink. Balach is one of the most picturesque and healthy on the island and having plenty of water with the hound, would exceed in health and beauty to the plains of Moka. To pasture leads to much Moka, first because it has better pastures and second, for being more accessible and closer to the beach. The only drawback is lack of rivers in Moka. From the mountains of Balach you get almost within sight of the buoys that are at the entrance to the port of Santa Isabel and look beautiful panoramas. Its people are sober, robust and workers, but at the same time the most backward and reluctant to civilization and its communication. Bapotó Dan's name to those who are not boobies, are white, are of color. 've Ever heard referring to the English, a chi mopotó and mopane is not abroad but is English. The Balach kept for the brave and best warriors in the Bubi and each boast of having beaten whites. Remain in full force the savage and barbaric practice of lancing (ripping) face horribly children of both sexes, so some are greatly deformed, ugly and disgusting. Custom almost extinct in other parts of the island, before the founding of Mission San Carlos Catholic missionaries visited with some frequency Batete the villages of Balach and as a Christian boy was established in Balach Batete asked the missionaries to lift a school chapel for instruction. Viewing warlock with It would lose its power and privileges organized a plot to prevent it. Is to know that all districts have their employer Morima protector. The employer called protector of Balach Elombe, whose dwelling is the lake located at the top of a flattened mound that lies between the villages of Biokoritcho and potholes, which can be clearly seen from the beach at San Carlos. The wizard, who as a priest's own Elombe enjoys great influence began to spread the rumor that Elombe had left his house at Balach moving to Ureka and that such abandonment was a sure sign that he was upset, this news filled with fear and dread the spirits of those people so superstitious.
begged the witch Elombe ask on the cause of his escape and the witch, very pleased to have achieved what we wanted, made Elombe consultation with all the usual trappings, this said with a deep voice by the mouth of the sorcerer, which the cause of the leak was because they wanted to build a house for the Missionaries, where he would encarnecido, mocked and reviled, and now that has risen Father has always made war on all of the island Barima and fear had taken refuge in Ureka. Les said he had to sacrifice to appease a certain number of goats and promise that would build the house to the Father. The warlock got his goal and also Gift goats. YOUR TATTOO
Among the Bubi use two forms of tattooing, of which one is more modern. The modern form had its origin and beginning at the time visiting the island the slave ships for slaves, who were then transported to the American colonies. The purpose and object of such cruel tattoo was to be fully aware of all that belonged to the same tribe. All who have visited this beautiful island, know that the tattoo is Bubi lancing a horrible way the faces of children of both sexes. Some have to face very shallow grooves and a short distance from imperceptible, and so are less distorted. Others on the contrary they are very deep grooves and very outstanding that disfigure. I do not know that from that, if sajador clumsiness or poor blood from the lancing, or neglect in healing. The usual time to perform this operation on children is at the age of four to six years, however I have seen infants scarified face. Before cutting the face usually consult Morima protector of the family whether or not cut. Ordinarily yes, that should keep the habit, but sometimes saying it is not appropriate, then that child is an express exception of Morima. This is the reason because in the past when the law and custom was in full force villages were in some adults without scarified face. When an adult sees and only one or two large and deep marks on the face, is a sign of a stigma, that as a child committed a theft or felony.
Children usually ignore the day I have to lance, take them with misleading the sajador house, because none is left voluntarily lancing. Many adults are in one of our missions that preserve the smooth side owe it to suspect that they were going to score, took refuge in the Mission. At sajador house and when the child is neglected, grabs two or three strong men, tend to the ground, then tied by the feet, hands and waist to a prepared ad hoc stakes, and so remains stuck in a rack, unable to move., the operation begins sajador without caring, or less or more of the desperate and heart-rending cries of the victim. To lance the cheeks introduce two fingers of his left hand on the child's mouth so that it can not be bitten by the desperate creature, and gently pushed out, with the right, will groove with a cuchilleja very sharp and very cautiously not to touch the carotid arteries. The rest of the face such as chin, cheeks, forehead and part of the head is cutting and plowing it later without difficulty. The first cure
make palm oil cold, other with an ointment made of ash sifted, crushed a leaf of a shrub called bontola or bondola, water and palm oil. Diligently seek the wounds are not closed but open and heal here is that their faces seem generally open full of great grooves. At thirty days, the wounds are usually fully healed. In earlier times it was customary to us across the island, and I've seen old but mostly old, with his face cut in Rebola, Basile, Sampaka, Basupú, Boten and Toplapla, lugars in which no longer cut anyone. Is only used in Ureka, Balach, and some towns in Boloko. The other tattoo
much older among the boobies is done with a knife in different parts of the body, but uniquely in the arms, chest, back, designs such as flowers, leaves, tree branches and other figures, but no injuries to any ingredient in dye, as it seems that other African tribes practice. such as the Yaoundé and Pamu. This tattoo of the Bubi is very beautiful and decorated much the body. I usually play only young women, rarely men. In the old
pierced ears accustomed to a terrible way. In these holes they used to get, by way of earrings, sticks, toothpicks, his pipe of clay, earrings large and huge earrings made of many strings Seafood. Today's custom is almost completely extinguished between men and women prefer to wear small earrings of gold and wearing white. Who
slab fixed in half-naked bodies of the Bubis, he may have noticed in different parts of them, some cutters of various sizes made knife as their faces. Such cuts are not part of your tattoo, but are made to open a tumor that had to get rid of rheumatism or suffered from acute or to cure a disease that seems peculiar to you, to give you the name down or Majamas , and English can be translated as fat disease. When the cut is vertical in the front of the head above the forehead is a sign of any bleeding .- The sajaduras that some have in the neck with an obvious sign that suffered from scrofula or boils, which they believe are the cause and onset of the disease and to be Free will make uproot. These tumors leave them in the neck and glands seem almonds or moving, call bichikòbio tolo, glands in sleeping sickness.
NAME
Bubi Bubi Calling the Indians of Fernando Poo is typical of the English because bapotó others are white, color are not usually give the name of boobies, but bubes, and although difference is only changing i e, but without this change, it is called bubes better understood the origin of that name. Bubis each other not once gave this name, and now if they give is because they hear that they are not boobs are called by that name. The word comes as Bebo or the term bubi boob moom in North and South, which in their language means man, male, husband, husband, and corresponds perfectly to the Latin word vir.
Today, however, and to comply with the bapotó say Choe Toe or South babube and some especially older people also say: Toé or bamome Choe, whose words mean: we bubes or boobies. The main cause to call them, is that by asking one of them who are you?, answered at once. Boob Ne Ne in the North and moom or moometcho in the South. I am a man. In your own greeting is used frequently and so tend to leave, and they say Boob oippdi (North) oibbori Moom (South), which literally means man and you got up. When the farewell UNJ exists between man and a woman known for some confidence, man used to say Boarin Oippodi (N) Moarim oibbori (S). Good morning my wife and the woman answers: Boobem oippodi (N) Moomem oibbori (S) Good morning my husband. In the very intimate greeting is said simply: Boarim (N) Wife to my answering Boobem women (N) Moomem (S), my husband. Between them a habit for us, something strange is that among people well known, a man call a woman who is not his wife, nor can be, with this name, so intimate, and makes own wife with another stranger, calling him my husband. This is common among them and not offend, we have as a token or sign of affection. Even older men they tell a girl breast and women husband to name a newborn child. At first when I heard a woman call me whatever the word boobem, moomeñi moomem or blushing and shocked me, and came to end at once to throw with anger in my presence. Until the men explained to me this practice and there was no malice but wonder, simplicity and purity of morals. Having said all this can not be the word Bube Bubi home or abroad, when the two oo of boob or moom still very closed or can be a long and became Bebo boob or Bubi. .
But what is the name they had previously and gave themselves? Who were and still are in the North is Botchobotche; Botchobotcho in the Northwest, Bosoboiso in Baney, Botchoboritcho in Bakake, Motchomoritcho in the South and Monchomoboncho in Batete. These names even though at first glance seem different are really not, because they all mean the same thing. The Bubi has a very high ideal and his own personality. Botchan, Boso, Motcho Moncho, mean a perfect being who has all the attributes or qualities of other beings in nature, ie it has to be like inanimate things, life as plants, animals and sensitivity and understanding and spirituality as bajula or angels. Obotcho, Oiso, Oboncho or Oritcho indicate the visible world or the whole of nature in general. Putting words to these voices Botch Boso, Moncho Motcho or form Botchobotche, Botchobotcho, Bosoboiso, Botchoboricho, Motchomoritcho, Montchomoboncho, they mean intelligent beings or who have their own life and live in this world. This will distinguish perfect for those who died to give them names Bammer Bariba or Barima, which means private beings sensitivity and enjoyment of nature visible. WOMEN
Bubi Bubi
She was convicted in the past to be perfectly slave of man and beast of burden.
In his childhood and early teens enjoyed the entertainment and enchantment of that age, but as soon as it showed some rise and some forces will be employed in hard work especially ordinarily carry loads beyond their strength. This is the reason of being ancient and even now in some parts of the island, women with manners and a certain air of safe sex. Those who have spent years in the Colony, who has not seen many caravans of girls and women age entries, leading to the beach large and heavy loads of yams and palm oil and also return to the villages and other salt-laden Items purchased from bapotó, and always conducted by one man, who used to go behind the trailer, armed with a shotgun and a typical long cane travel, such as carrier behind the train and get home as quiet as if nothing had done?. Arrivals from the beach very tired, we all know it's no gift recreation and climbing boobies beach towns where you have to fetch water and firewood, including water that is commonly out of town, they cook and prepare food for their husbands and children and to make the ointment called ntola or foward, with which they have to anoint their husbands before leaving the rest of the night. As the man goes for a stroll or for its exquisite palm wine or spend time talking quietly with his colleagues in the boetcha or boencha, house or town hall meeting. The woman helps her husband in the field work and after finishing the task, returns home with a large bundle of sticks or a bowl of large proportions full of bananas, yams, taro and various vegetables and edible herbs, which have very good and tasty. The palm oil production work is also unique to women. The man only helps to catch and throw the olives in the tree and grinding. Other operations that involves manufacturing, and collect the olives from the ground, separate the cluster, fermenting them, take them to mill, cook in large pots, remove the marc almond after crushed olives, squeezing or pressing the marc in their hands, for no press or other tool to extract and purify it, all these works with their own name in the Bubi, are women's jobs, it's still work the taro plant, cultivate it, tear it and preserve it.
When business and is in its development and is perfect the age of 17 to 18, then the girl is given to a man, unable to reject it, in most cases the young woman becomes the property of an old full of infirmities of his many years of nasty diseases. That day is the end and the end of their joy, contentment and happiness and I expect and want to be free with the death of his master, husband and master.
Bubi After a woman has given birth, all relatives, friends and closest neighbors are on duty to serve. So you see that one go for water, others for firewood, they and yams, malanga and other edible, those staying at home to prepare food and care for the new born and his mother.
This request careful with the mother usually have until the woman feels strong enough to revert to their regular chores. While the woman is in this state and withdrawn at home, receives many visitors, all give him the good wishes, we present their gifts, fill a thousand blessings and the mother and child, each giving the baby a name that you think you have to square the mighty works perfectly with the passage of time that child will work. But when the delivery is double the excitement and joy up a lot of point in the family favored and around the neighborhood. Then not content to offer the mother fiddle, but sometimes some kids and lambs, and the person so beloved and favored of the spirits of ancestors belonging to the same family.
After a few days after birth brings the whole family of the newborn, offer a sacrifice to the manes of it, consult with the witch or mojiámmo the place to find out which of the deceased ancestors of the family bought the soul creature, and obtained the answer to the newborn requires the name it had when I lived the ancestor who bought it. This ancestor Morima today because it no longer exists in this world, but on the other, which they call Borim, which means place of the souls of deceased, will be the patron or protector of the child at all times of his life. Learned and the soul of the child buyer treat it follows a family in which a lot of joy and jubilation reigns. This is why in families with many more individuals of the various branches of the same name have identical Morima be the same God who bought them at the moment of raising them. In a very large family and not counted five individuals who were named Lobedde, and numerous other four had even less that of Ndobe. It is general belief among the Bubi to God for the same breeding the souls of all men, but when God wants to raise the soul of a child conceived in the womb at that moment God presents one of the ancestors who live in the Borim that family were the parents of that child and asks her to sell her soul, as though God is infinitely rich and generous and nothing needs inclined to make men much good as possible, it sold little. From this moment God loses all rights to have that soul and becomes the inalienable property of Morima you bought it. Hence, the Bubi deny having obligations to God, to keep only to him, some respect and awe. All duties and obligations are for the Morima who bought, who as lord and master all must perpetually serve. He will come in all your endeavors, prosperity, adversity, in health and disease in their gains and losses and all the main events of his life, he offered gifts, sacrifices and libations and he expected to receive a reward if they live according to laws received from her grandparents and the punishment if they prevaricate. The
boobies are always on their lips the word Barima or Bariba and so often hear invocations Barima Ala! (South) Bariba Ela! (North) and to God who created us rarely call on him or called to their aid or assistance. There were those who took to the Bubi by atheists but in reality are practically atheists, but not speculatively it is true that support a Supreme Creator of all things and even on the same morim.
The boobies during the time of breastfeeding women often leave in complete peace of mind or bother at all about their rights and obligations, and still desire the same woman flees on that, until the child starts walk. If the same husband for being drunk or someone else's needs usually answer: N 'ta the ball Paha or Teeba (North) N `mon gives Paha, at EEMA`. (S. West), I can not my son still do not have standing. It is generally agreed among themselves that if women after giving birth, commit adultery, before she became famous again by her husband, is perpetually since sterile as punishment for his crime. Hence, if a woman still has young children of his marriage and then spend a few years without having children, say you have boobies kobo ie the woman has committed adultery and has therefore been sterile. I've seen many fights between husbands and even divorces at least temporarily by such suspicions. A women who have given consider Kobo infamous. Fernando
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