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PUBERTY Puberty usually manifests between the boys from 15 to 16 and among girls from 13 to 14. In the northern parts of the island, is celebrated as follows. On the day the young man is anointed ntola entire body is adorned with finery such as bipa besori or Mesori and others that they use, with its large gourds of palm wine is presented to botuku Village, offers one of the delicious liqueur-filled pumpkins, shows the reason for the visit. The pumpkin botuko receive tokens of appreciation, it gives a new name will henceforth be called and known, with certain ceremonies supported in the category of young men of the village and tells The youth of greater dignity of the same village under whose orders must be while unmarried, then celebrated with the lads from the village and a party. That name is given to the youth is called boseseppe above or childhood was bolai. Henceforth anyone who is equal or younger than the lad will be lawful to call him the name of the child.
Entering puberty among girls is celebrated with particular party or ceremony. She became the business, they have it for that at the age of 17 or 18 years, the parents brought to the attention of her suitors to whenever they want to go for it. Before admitting at home, requires that the girl is inspected to ensure whether it has been raped or still remains untouched. This inspection is usually only practice in the villages North of the island in the South populated not in use. In the South to recognize if the girl is still EOTO or virgin, consider using a method that can not fail. The system is responsible for two or three elderly members of both families. If it is virgin families congratulate each other and fill them with blessings to the girl, but if found to have been raped that saddest days of waiting!. The
boobies when they buy a girl, say what they intend to buy is EOTO, her virginity, because the maid who has lost even by force, loses thus its value and beauty. A virgin maiden anoint the whole body of ntola forming whimsical figures and ornaments adorned with many bipa, Mesori or besori and a thousand varieties of beads. This is carried by their parents or those who take their home of her future husband. This places it in a hut next to yours which give the name of bull and this will be some time depending on the location of the island.
His daily occupation in this prison is to eat well and try to carefully grooming, adornment and beauty of person, unable to leave it for urgent needs, without leaving but a short distance. Until the day of the wedding celebration. This enclosure is frequently visited by her husband and here is where it offers ordinary flower of her virginity and sometimes comes out in interesting state. During the confinement of his wife, the future husband works tirelessly to obtain what is necessary for the solemnity of the wedding.
Riocoritcho of Balach - Its lagoon and superstitions of the same
Riocoritcho of Balach is a picturesque village and healthy desire to learn and have almost completely abandoned the cruel and barbaric practice of cutting and disfiguring the face of children custom that despite dist Balach the beach of San Carlos only two hours low, it is observed rigorously and religiosity in the other villages of district. Riokoritcho occupies the center of Balach and is located at the crossroads of major circulation. One of those paths that starts from Bokoko passes all the peoples Olokoko, Onsobó crosses Ruitche or Ratcha, Riokobotcho and Riobonda of Batete, save the large ravine or river Balombo Ndahá East, leads to the first people here still Balach and almost flat, tilting mount up Riokoritcho Lombe. Here it crosses the road up to San Carlos to Ureka, then goes through a narrow valley formed by mountains that are at the back of releba, bordering the lake named by Moka Bubis Thibo Eloa and descends pretty smoothly here the large and high plateau and die BIAP in the fresh leafy avenue of the ancient court of Bubi big, powerful and respected mochuku Moka, whom I met and tried for the years 1897 and 1898.
The other main roads that pass through the aforementioned Riokoritcho is going from San Carlos to Ureka. A ground Ureka can go for four different points: by Arija by Moka, by Bokoko and Balach. The Arija road is very long and dangerous, especially in the rainy season, the Moka is rugged and uphill battle, that of Bokoko very heavy and very tired and the Balach, although quite rocky for the southern slope, the most shorter and better to go to the beaches of the South.
Going from San Carlos to Ureka by Riokoritcho, first you can admire the well-cultivated and orderly plantations of yams and taro, visited the cemeteries of the Bubi nobility and the commoners, rest a while in the sacred grove of Mokapelo, see the small chapel dedicated to this great morim, bush and loop fastening and hanging with victims Mokapelo sacrificed, and then go back to the high and extensive plain formed between the mountains of Fernando Poo and the Moka mountains giving way to villages and Ureka forms the illusion that one is in a vast pine forest on the peninsula on the tree ferns that look like pine and that enjoyed in the uplands of spring temperatures, feel revived the impetus and encouragement.
After this plateau the road descends gently Ureka southern beaches and down the right and an hour and a half can one stop to test the heavily-laden and carbonated waters higher than Mioko, which are in a deep ravine and some urekanos taught his brother Francisco Porta in 1904. Riokoritcho is very suitable and suitable for grazing, to be near San Carlos on the right track then there is from the beach and having enough water from the river You, to which Europeans take the name of the ravine and a small Roemeriba Loola decline with the tiny case and given that the year was still low in rainfall water would be left drinking in the lagoon marsh Lombe.
About this gap Balach I must say that for a long time and I never want to see it was possible. Bubis frequently asked to show me the path leading to it, as a bonus offering what they wished, but always got the same answer: that there was no road or ignored him. But I knew more or less the situation of the lagoon, for letting me Father Manuel Mallen indicated that he saw in 1901 and Brother Francis Porta came down to it in 1904 accompanied by several men in their waters Ureka and quenched the thirst. On another occasion an Englishman went beyond Protestant pastor Methodist Mission which, I was told the same Bubis, a few days after it returned died. His death, believed the superstitious Bubis was a punishment or revenge of the powerful Morima Lombe is the guardian of the lagoon and universal pattern across the district Balach, having invaded and desecrated a particularly dedicated and devoted to Lombard.
The 27-February (1919) I went to Balach accompanied by Father Vincent Aguado, Angel Esoki and three laborers on the occasion to cut some poles for future school and inadvertently Balach Bubis which were by then in their palms and yam plantations, we started at ten am the climb from the same village Riokoritcho astray loggers. Twenty minutes later we find ourselves under way in the forest and intricate of the eastern side. It was then that our laborers should avail themselves of the machete to break through.
A quarter to eleven we were at the top of the mountain without seeing any trace of lake or pond, until after a few minutes notice to the western part is very faint mist rose from the lagoon which deduced that no Lombe was far away.
started down a crowded slope of closed forest and lush and a little later we were at water level. A lagoon Lombe the baptized with the name of Alsina in memory of our Reverend Father General, Martin Alsina, who has visited three times our island. This lake is about 600 meters above sea level, is shaped like a large amphitheater oval of about 300 X 150 meters. Its direction is from south to north through an opening in the latter portion, drain collar, but that does not exist. On its banks there are large NIPAS devoted to Morima Lombe, which is why nobody dares to touch them, and in the same side we see a beautiful and high bocapi. At its heart grows a plant similar to the rice while still on grass and the ends are a big grassy mud crawling. The southern tip has a potable water tank very clean and clear. The southwest is bare wood and dressed in fine grass only.
We got within six meters and we could not go a step further, as we sunk into the mud and our shoes filled with water, I leaned on my stick and went into the mud to the hilt. What in the dry season is a large swamp in the rainy Turns itself on a beautiful freshwater lake and drinking. We drank of its waters and then contemplating the mysterious place that actually imposed, we stumbled on the north side with the private road and hidden by climbing the Bubi to offer their gifts and sacrifices to their pattern Lombe.
Lomb currently the priest is a very dirty old man and disgusting named Motola. When the Bubi sacrifice some res to morim Lombe, spill the blood of the victim on the beach of the lagoon, then washed in water and finally the sacrificers have to drink from the same
There is a very old tradition which counts as Lombe while in this world was a very rich and powerful motuku and wanting to encourage his countrymen, through all the districts of the island, to welcome him by motuku principal, but as laws give too severe, this Puers bent his austere , was rejected and thrown everywhere. Finally rose to the heights of Balach and those people received him with signs of joy and elected him as their king and lord. Established his court in a lonely place, secluded and mysterious now occupied by the lake that bears his name. He was always very kind and gracious friend to help and encourage everyone and his government was paternal.
dictated a very severe law which women are obliged to abstain Balach perpetually try and eat meat or withdrawal waking life. Hence Balach women so often fall to the beach at San Carlos to stock up on fresh or salted fish for their livelihood. Previously
Ureka people fish provided to women in exchange Balach yams, taro and other fruits that occur in Balach Today, however, are both and far enough quarreling peoples.
A Lombe's death he was elected by the employer Balach universal throughout the district, as it has a lot of devotion and sacrifice many goats and chickens. The confidence in his power is great, look to him in sickness in health demand almost all the peoples of that area.
; ; MARRIAGES
The Bubis are two classes of marriage or marriages: Ribal r `EOTO and Ribar rijole which literally translated means, marriage by purchase of the woman's virginity and marriage by mutual love. It seems at first glance that both marriages should be considered as the true and legitimate, and a fortiori the second, but the opposite happens, that the second you are illegitimate and worthless before the law and the only legitimate and real as usual is the first, and that although the woman is coupled with a man by force or grave fear.
Ribal For the celebration of EOTO `r are important ceremonies, sumptuous banquets and large costs and the celebration of the re Ribal rijole solemnity is not necessary, or expenses of any kind, but for women to build a house next to the husband. In the death of the husband `r Ribal EOTO the widow is forced to make serious mokondo or grief and mourning wear all the time specified by law. This law, any widows keep it very religiously for fear that its failure to attract the anger of the deceased, which from the other world watches everything he does his widow and noting that it fulfills its duties with his widow, the sentenced to a premature death. In the husband's death by re Ribal rijole the widowed wife has no duty to perform for her late husband, because neither considered as a widow. R `by EOTO Ribal the man on the woman takes all the natural rights of civil and religious so the wife to be property of the husband, who can claim to always and everywhere, when she escapes from house husband. The law allows the husband to severely punish the slightest suspicion of infidelity and if proven true, and adultery to require the public authority is applied rigorously to the penalty condemned in public law at adulterous. This penalty or punishment is suspended from a tree on the area of \u200b\u200badultery women, entirely naked wrists heavily tied to the branches in a cross, leaving the body in the air without Stevedores or support. To be more exemplary punishment and torture more vivid and appalling, usually attached to the feet of the victim baskets or large pots filled with stones.
This position is viewed coldly by all the people gathered in front of the scaffold, with each one curses, cursing and even beat her. This torment barely escapes any alive. Today is no longer in force the application of such penalty, by which they themselves say they fear the English Government, but I myself have reached the times, which was in use. Back in December 1895 at Mission encontrábame Maria Cristina, in a distant town barely an hour away, called Ruiche or Ratcha was sentenced to an unfortunate suspension accused of adultery. This miserable all day remained suspended from the terrible tree and then at night the people went quietly to rest, leaving the victim to also pass the night in torment, without getting anyone to guard. To be completely alone and defended by night was a supreme effort to free herself from the fatal tree, and after an hour of struggling, broke the shackles and desplomose nonsense. Back
itself undertook a hasty escape through the woods and bushes in the direction of the Mission, where he arrived very late and night. Only to see it had moved to pity the man more cold and unfeeling. He brought the body bruised, both wrists with two large wounds, missing eyes with feigned insanity and was startled at the slightest sound, believing that he still pursued. We heal the wounds carefully, gave him some food and comfort with a glass of mellow wine. After three or four days the woman was calm and free of nightmares that bothered her, and I never dreamed of returning to their village boobies. Hence the crime of adultery was once rare among the Bubis, because in the case to become public and certainly knew the horrible punishment that would be imposed and to remain hidden, was in the belief that it was not for the Barima or manes of her husband's family, who always look for their sake and jealous in honor from the Borim or region of spirits, and being aware of everything that happens in your family and taking the power to punish with death anyone who insults or causes damage, estimated that certainly will use this power to punish by death penalty for adultery. According to their superstitions the crime of adultery was never punished.
The re Ribal rijole or loving union is a contract between an ordinary man and a free woman without legal formalities, to live maritally. It is understood that a man joins a free woman by the re Ribal rijole, when the same hombre admite a la mujer en su casa o edifica para ella una choza junto a las chozas o habitaciones de las otras mujeres propias. Como esta unión es tenida entre ellos por ilegitima y como un mero concubinato, de aquí que se celebre sin solemnidades y únicamente se requiere el mutuo consentimiento.
La mujer puede adquirir la libertad por tres vías: por repudio, divorcio forzoso y por muerte del esposo. El repudio se verifica cuando el marido por antipatía, disgusto o aburrimiento que siente hacia su esposa, voluntariamente y por su propia autoridad la despide de su casa.
El divorcio forzoso se realiza por intimación o mandato expreso de algún morimó principal de la familia manifestado por medio del mojiammó married couples legally united for the separation threat to life and certain death of both spouses in case of absence of such a divorce or separation of spouses. As the Bubi is so superstitious and so afraid of death, although both spouses to love tenderly, inevitably separate. This is the reason to call this forced separation divorce. The widow
not be said to be entirely free until completion of the mourning for her late husband, which can be rigorous, lasting forty days and relief that continues until the anniversary of the death of her husband. The free woman can join the man that you like and man, whatever, has the indisputable right to admit in his company all free women to be presented, not as wives but as concubines. Bubi law provides that a woman is only lawful wife of a man and he died, no one can receive as true and lawful wife, which is the same as saying that the widow can not remarry. Hence very often happens that a man has many women some of which is attached by Ribal r `eolo and others by re rijole Ribal. This means that some are proper and legitimate and others mere friends or concubines. On the first law gives all rights and are denied on the second, and sometimes even on children who have them. In such a way that if the free woman no children of their lawful marriage and then comes to have the union of re Ribal rijole, these children do not belong to the father that begat, but the man who bought his mother, and if it may be dead, as happens when a woman is free on the death of who bought it, belong to his family. Hence, among the Bubi there are two parenting classes, natural and legal. If a child is born in the country where he is from the man who bought his mother, this is the natural and legal country and must live and die here. If a man gives birth to the child, the mother did not buy the legal father. The natural father in this case, has no obligation or duty on natural children and the same law denied custody of, all the rights enjoyed by the legal parent or their legal heirs failing.
The natural home is the place of birth and country of law is the legal father's native country. Bokoko born a creature, for example, but the home of a man who bought his mother is Batete, this creature belong to Batete and not Bokoko, and between them and will never be called Mokoko, but always and everywhere he shall motet. This creature reaching adulthood law requires it to abandon Bokoko their natural homeland and move to Batete, his legal home. This dossier shall marry and raise a family for life, and if accidentally killed in other parts, not very far here is the place of his burial. Among the relatives: brothers, cousins, uncles, nephews is stronger and close kin to the natural law.
marriages are allowed between uncles and nephews, cousins \u200b\u200band even brothers and sisters. Among the latter are allowed such unions when they are brothers of father only, but must be sons of different mothers. If they are brothers both father and mother and yet made only, the law does not allow such unions, but it condemns and punishes. It also closed the same law that a man has for his wife two sisters flesh. Hence the reason why the centenary mochuku Bokoko and great keeper of the laws and customs Bubis called Lobaria tried to punish severely in 1896 leading to Batete boobies Meile Loob named as disruptive of the law because he had to wife two sisters, born in Bokoko.
We said at first that the man before admitting in his home to his wife when it is EOTO, requires that it be inspected to ascertain whether preserved intact the beautiful flower of virginity, or vice versa if it had been deflowered . If you save this priceless piece still fresh, the girl is taxed at the honors he deserves, congratulating and praising very cordial and sincere. But in the opposite case when the inspection it was voluntarily or involuntarily rapist before the public is extremely disgraced and all stand against him with insults, taunts and curses. Because if it was voluntarily insults and curses for their encouragement and purpose unjust criminal offense and dishonor to her future husband and the family, and if he was violently for not discovered in time or just the author of brutal trampling .
happens sometimes that the girl's protest his innocence and slander that swears up and never has been violated by anyone, then give torment, to force a confession to boot, which is what intended. The torment is surround both wrists of the alleged criminal with a very strong, thin cord which terminates in two ends and each strip a man. At first gently, but if she perseveres and continues stubborn protesting his innocence, then pull the strings with all forces, then the string breaks the skin into the meat with excruciating pain, yet men do not give up their efforts until the girl finally confessed the crime and declare their accomplices. Made this confession is given partly to senior district manager, who then called the alleged accomplices and ask them if it's true what the girl has confessed against them. If the answer is yes, they are forced to return all genres that her real suitor and future husband gave her for buying it, if the accomplice has no assets to repay, he forces his family to pay jointly and severally. Again the chief asked the suitor of the girl if she even wants deflowered wife yet, if a male suitor who loves her answers, then the boss gets all genres returned by accomplices and the husband takes the girl home . If the husband refuses to admit the girl home rapist, there is something to the boss for the job, but the refund is made to the outraged husband and the girl stays at home with their parents or making their times.
happens sometimes that the confession the girl is slanderous because they have some interest in concealing his true accomplice and convicted of his crime to an innocent and ignorant miserable of all or declaring his true accomplices, including among them some really cool unaware of these things, only that he hates and wants him badly. Of this I myself have witnessed in a village in the North, a girl was inspected and found to be corrupt, he denied it but after the torture found two boys as his accomplices. They defended very well, but one better than the other in the public assembly of the people. A few years later came across a Christian, she predicted that spoke English, I asked if the two boys who said they were accomplices and I said, dude, calling him by name-so it was indeed but it was not, but I had interest in slandering because I wanted to marry him and I despised. Hence, usually the boys denied complicity and declare that the defendant will have ill will.
past in the North in particular that the South has not made use of it, made use of an oath execratorio. I say formerly because now no longer in use. Head forwards some individuals to mount a deer hunt, not another animal. Once you have caught the leader, who commands the animal carcass opening and splitting it into two halves equal. Fact is, gives orders to all the people you meet in the large plaza that all the villages tend to have boobies. Met and called the whole village at a general meeting, the two pieces are placed at the entrance to the plaza and intimate on criminal suspects to appear in public and ordered them each to pass between the two halves of the deer said to pass these words: "Let me be open and cut into pieces as this deer, if at any time I touched or met this girl. The accused used to be in the midst of the assembly up and completely naked, and as is widely believed among them that if swears, though free from the punishment of those who dwell in this world, not escape the most terrible, atrocious and even death itself that will give the Barima family and the girl herself living in another world, hence no one who is really guilty, dares to go and less pronounce this oath. Ascertained truth of the rape longed, convicted criminals to a really shameful and self-worth of savage peoples. Meets at exactly what King David said after adultery: Before you did in secluded and hidden and now you will in the public square in front of all the people. What happened here does not deserve comment. Leaving
noted that no woman Bubi was free to choose their husband, but had to join his father's designee or legal which made his times. But there were exceptions.
1 When the woman was widowed while still a child, which may not even met sight of her suitor, is to remain both at different villages, either because he died, she did not give further notice things and people.
2 º It happens sometimes, though very rare that the legal father of the girl refuses to give it to anyone for many noble suitors for the hand of the girl who was present, he prays to imply that the real father and owner the maiden, by the way dot-esteem or vanity in her daughter see a rare quality that makes it unique, humbly pray for a term express any inhabitant of grave belonging to the family, reported by the mojiammó, that this or that girl should not be sold or disclosed to any man, but leave it free to his choice to live what he pleases.
The Bubi blindly obey all orders or commands, which tells the mojiammó, come from another world and the fulfillment of the sacrifices all tastes and ambitions.
The first is completely free because of widowhood, because, though the deceased did not live with her suitor, or perhaps they met him for the fact that it was purchased, acquired all the rights over her master-husband and more being among the Bubi general law that no woman can have two consecutive legitimate spouses, hence the dead girl's suitor, this being viewed as true widow and as such forced to comply with all obligations imposed by law widows like do or dress mokondo widow mourning for her late husband all the time appointed. Time is past mistress of herself and all its acts to go where the wishes and join the man you like best, without having any rights over it. The only obligation or duty which is to be served to the family of her late husband, which will deliver the first three male and female children which he has any man, now living with him maritally, now joins him accidentally or temporarily.
The girl who was widowed as a child they name Eboa Moena in the southern part of the island.
The second is the exception to the general rule, if not given to any man in particular depends on the perfectly free will of the author of his day talking about it all the duties and rights, natural law, died this, she is forever in complete freedom.
If such a derogation from the express mandate of a deceased family, as this term usually extends beyond the maiden not sold or given to any man against his own will or inclination of the young and only prohibits any man enjoys absolute power and the least fortunate position right girl and that recognize a higher and owner of it is not the same morim or deceased for whose mandate it is free from the law and general practice, but does not prohibit or ban it merges with the man who loves and who has always felt more likely or love, it follows that this Girl is naturally the happiest of all his fellows in order to enjoy complete freedom. As an adult it does not weigh any obligation or duty. Or your husband not to have purchased and therefore can leave the house and go without anyone to demand explanations.
The children you have are completely own or any man they can claim. The only thing that might at first claimed to be the father that begat more Bubi law and custom in both the natural parent has legal rights over his son has bought her mother, she lacks by not buying it. She has no duty to do mokondo, in mourning for her late husband as the law only required if the deceased bought the wife, as also among the Bubi not carried by mourning or brothers or parents or children alone by the lawful husband. Although some affection mourn the deceased.
Enter the fantasy world of Africa, where nature is your umbrella and where the heart expands. CHAPTER TWO 
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