. Die Baganda . ABB. 17. – BAGANDA JUNGEN WRESTLING. SPIELE. Ihr Hauptspiel war das Werfen eines Stockes (kubariga); der Stock war ziemlich stout und ungefähr eighteninches lang; jeder Junge war mit zwei solchen Stöcken bewaffnet, und nahm sich beim Werfen sie ab. Die Spieler markierten eine Linie, die stand, und warfen die Stöcke mit solcher Kraft, dass, wenn man den Boden auf seinem Ende schlug, ging es Ende über Ende für einige Entfernung. Der Junge, dessen Stock hinter dem 78 DER BAGANDA CHAP fiel. Wrestlingund andere Spiele. Andere mussten es aufheben und es an den Stab eines seiner Gegner werfen; wenn er es schlug, gut; aber wenn h

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. The Baganda . FIG. 17.—BAGANDA BOYS WRESTLING. games. Their chief game was the throwing of a stick(kubariga); the stick was fairly stout, and about eighteeninches long; each boy was armed with two such sticks, andtook turns in throwing them. The players marked a line atwhich to stand, and threw the sticks with such force that, when one struck the ground on its end, it went end over endfor some distance. The boy whose stick fell short of the 78 THE BAGANDA CHAP. Wrestlingand othergames. Others had to pick it up and throw it at the stick of one ofhis opponents ; if he struck it, well ; but if he failed, theother boy. took up his stick, and with it struck a blow at thestick which had failed to hit it, and tried to break the latter ;then they all threw again. Those who were the most skilledalways sent their sticks flying to a safe distance, out of dangerfrom their antagonists. The national game was wrestling ; this was indulged in bymen and boys alike ; even the King frequently took part in. FIG. l8. — BOYS PLAYING THE WESO GAME. it, though it was never permissible to throw the King ; in factanyone who did so would have been in danger of being putto death. Wrestling was accompanied by beer drinking, andby songs of a doubtful character, while the onlookers clappedtheir hands in time to the rhythm of the drum which wasbeaten during the match. A chief, whose man had provedsuccessful in the match would frequently give him a wife inappreciation of the skill he had shown. Other outdoor games II BIRTH, INFANCY, AND PUBERTY 79 were a kind of prisoners base, and a kicking game, in whichtwo youths stood side by side and then kicked sideways, eachtrying to knock the other over or to drive him off. The chiefindoor game was the game of weso, which is so commonthroughout Africa; it is played on a board with holes in itcut in four rows ; two persons sit on opposite sides of theboard ; they have a number of seeds, or smooth stones, whichthey play into the holes ; quickness of sigh

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• bookidbaganda00joh
• bookyear1911